Kakatiya Khani mines falling short of targets worrying Singareni management

The KTK mines produced 3.52 lakh tonnes of coal during October against the target of 3.85 lakh tonnes through its four underground mines and two opencast mines

Bhupalpally: The State-owned coal mining company Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), which is trying to find solutions for its high production cost, is now troubled with some of its coal mines failing to achieve monthly targets.

The company’s Kakatiya Khani (KTK) coal mines situated in the district have failed to achieve its monthly target.

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The KTK mines produced 3.52 lakh tonnes of coal during October against the target of 3.85 lakh tonnes through its four underground mines and two opencast mines.

According to KTK area General Manager Syed Habib Hussain, the underground mines of the KTK region could achieve just 75 percent of the monthly target, whereas the opencast mines could achieve 96 percent. The KTK-I coal production during October stood at 14,927 tonnes against the target of 20,000 tonnes.

Similarly, KTK-5 mine produced 16,229 tonnes of coal against the target of 20,000 tonnes, KTK-6 mine produced 10.302 tonnes against the target of 13,600 tonnes, and KTK-8 mine produced 15.071 tonnes of coal against the target of 22,000 tonnes.

KTK-2 opencast mine coal production stood at 1.51 lakh tonnes against the target of 1.60 lakh tonnes and KTK-3 opencast mine could produce 1,44,260 tonnes against the target of 1.50 lakh tonnes, Hussain said, adding that 2.84 lakh tonnes of coal was transported in the Bhupalpally area against the target of 3.85 lakh tonnes last month.

The high cost of production of coal has been a cause of worry for Singareni management for a long time as the company incurring huge losses.

With the coal production falling short of target in most of the mines, the company seems to be looking worried.

The Singareni management has started holding meetings with the workers to assess the current situation and how it could bring down the production cost.

While it costs Rs.10,000 to produce a tonne of coal in an underground mine, the sale of that coal fetched the company less than Rs.4,000, causing a loss of Rs. 6,000 on every tonne of coal produced by it.