Singareni Collieries to step up coal supplies to neighbouring states

The company will sell an additional 5-6 mt of coal outside Telangana, mostly to power utilities

Singareni Collieries Company Ltd (SCCL) is planning to sell an additional 5-6 million tonnes (mt) of coal outside Telangana, mostly to power utilities in neighbouring states during the current financial year (FY).

Jointly owned by the state and the Centre with 51 and 49 per cent share-holding respectively, the company has targeted to achieve the total production of 66 mt this year — 6 mt more over the previous year's production volumes.

However, the targeted production is way behind the actual demand, according to SCCL Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) N Sridhar. He says there is a demand for 88 mt of