Question : LOSS OF CIL



(a): whether underground mines hit Coal India Limited (CIL) profit;

(b): if so, the state-wise details of the loss occurred so far and the reasons therefor; and

(c): the corrective steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b): The cost of production in underground mines is higher than cost of production in opencast mines and accordingly this has a financial impact on CIL. The data on state-wise loss incurred in last ten years i.e. 2004-05 to 2013-14 from underground mines are given below:-

	(Rs. in Lakh) Subsidiary	State	Total BCCL	Jharkhand	1,560,168 CCL	Jharkhand	524,558 ECL	Jharkhand	182,579	West Bengal	1,282,868 MCL	Odisha	138,653 NEC	Assam	105,203 SECL	Chattisgarh	202,100	Madhya Pradesh	171,008 WCL	Madhya Pradesh	319,051	Maharastra	384,993 Total	4,871,181 

(c): The following steps have been taken by CIL to improve production in underground mines wherever feasible through
(i) Gradually 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) Orders have been issued for operating five mines with long-wall technology.

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