Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL)
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited or SCCL is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India.
It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana.
The Union Government's administration of the company is through the 49% ownership held by Ministry of Coal.
The Singareni coal reserves stretch across 350 Km of the Pranahita – Godavari Valley of Telangana with a proven geological reserves aggregating to whopping 8791 million tonnes.
SCCL is currently operating 45 mines where 20 opencast and 25 underground mines in 6 districts of Telangana (erstwhile 4 districts of AP) with a manpower around 45,079 as of November 2020.
SCCL is contributing 9.2% in the all India Domestic Production.
Since inception (1889) 1.36 BT of Coal is extracted by SCCL and it has proved reserves of 10.84 BT.
Ramagundam is one of the most important divisions of the Singareni Collieries Company.
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