            Raw coal production in the country from underground and opencast mines during 2013-14 in CIL and its subsidiaries and in SCCL was 50.47 Mt.This was stated by Sh. Piyush Goyal, Minister of state for Power, Coal & New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today. The details are given below:-
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                       The Minister further stated that the following steps have been taken by CIL to enhance underground production (i) Gradual conversion of manual underground mines into semi mechanized technology like Load Haul Dump (LHD) / Side Discharge Loader (SDL) with Universal Drilling Machine (UDM). (ii) Mass Production Technology i.e. use of Continuous Miner and Long Wall Technology, development in transport infrastructure, (iii) Deployment of 7 Continuous Miners with a capacity of about 2.835 Mty. Further, Project Report for 20 mines has been approved for deployment of 25 Continuous Miners with total capacity of 11.385 Mty.  (iv) O
                       The Minister further stated that in SCCL, (i) One underground mine with new generation Long wall Technology is under construction designed for rated production of 2.81 MT, (ii) Three new underground mines    (all with Continuous Miners ) are planned to start production against nine UG mines likely to be closed during XII plan, (iii) Reconstruction of existing mines for optimum production by intermediate and high-end technology, (iv) Improving the productivity in the existing mines by improving the utilization of the equipment, (v) Exploration for new coal blocks has been expedited.
           RM/RS- USQ3140 – LS