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The office of the Opencast-2 coal mine in the Ramagundam-III area of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) was submerged in floodwater on Friday. The flooding occurred after the canal bund breached, following continuous rainfall over the past two days
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Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has signed a tripartite agreement to extend Clerical Grade-III job opportunities to graduate dependents of employees who died in mine accidents. Previously limited to General Assistant roles, the new policy allows non-technical graduates to apply for clerical posts, subject to a qualifying exam.
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Kothagudem police arrested two youths for murdering retired SCCL employee Gubbala Rammohan Rao (58). The accused attacked him at his house with a hammer over an alleged illicit relationship with a woman in Ramavaram area
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SCCL has regularised 1,258 badili workers who completed 190 and 240 musters in underground and opencast mines. Workers who completed one-year service by December 31, 2024, will be regularised, covering areas including Ramagundam, Bhupalpally, Srirampur, and Kothagudem
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BRS leader T Harish Rao accused the Congress government of cheating Singareni Collieries workers by cutting their profit share bonus for 2024-25. He said only a fraction of profits was considered for distribution and warned of an agitation if the decision is not reversed
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Singareni Collieries declared a 34% profit share bonus for 2024–25, allocating ₹819 crore to over 71,000 employees. While leaders hailed expansion, unions demanded a higher share and criticised profit calculations.
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Thappetla Pawan Kumar (27), a Senior Mining Sardar with Singareni Collieries, was found hanging in his quarters at 8 Incline Colony, Godavarikhani, on Saturday morning. His parents expressed doubts over the incident as police registered a case and began investigation.
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TBGKS leaders staged a protest at Singareni Bhavan in Hyderabad, demanding that the management declare net profits and release a 35 percent profit share to workers. They alleged that only 16.9 percent of last year’s declared profits reached employees, with the rest diverted for company development.
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Singareni Collieries Company Limited will promote around 150 Equipment Project operators in open cast mines. Operators will advance from EC-D to EC-C and EC-C to EC-B, as a one-time measure, following instructions from Chairman and Managing Director N Balram.
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SBI has agreed to support Singareni Collieries Company Limited’s upcoming “Singareni Global” projects. SCCL plans to expand into critical minerals, gold and copper exploration, and large-scale renewable energy ventures, including solar, thermal, pumped storage, green hydrogen, and methanol production
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SCCL received licences from Union Minister G Kishan Reddy to explore gold and copper in Karnataka's Devadurga region. Won in a March auction covering 199 square kilometres, the handover occurred at a Hyderabad seminar.
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TBGKS has demanded a 35% profit share for coal miners of Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), citing their contribution to the PSU’s earnings and the upcoming Dasara festival. At a press conference, TBGKS honorary president Koppula Eshwar criticised the Congress-led government for allegedly misleading workers and undermining employment rules.
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Two Singareni Collieries workers were injured in a roof collapse at the KTK-6 underground mine in Bhupalpally on Saturday. Both sustained serious injuries during roof bolting work and were shifted to Hyderabad for advanced treatment after initial first aid
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Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) will, for the first time, appoint women General Assistants and Badili workers as heavy machinery operators in opencast mines. Eligible women will receive training in Sircilla before appointment. SCCL is also reviving women security guard roles
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Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka announced that Singareni Collieries Company Limited will participate in upcoming coal block auctions and diversify into energy and mineral sectors. The move comes after the company lost Rs. 60,000 crore in potential revenue due to previous auction restrictions. Singareni has already secured mineral exploration licences in Karnataka and is planning global operations under the banner ‘Singareni Global’.
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SCCL, which has expanded its operations beyond coal excavation into power generation, is setting up a Geochemical Laboratory in Kothagudem at a cost of Rs.15 crore. The lab will specialise in analysing rare earth elements (REEs) and critical minerals found in the company’s coal mines and power plants.
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Singareni Collieries has earned national-level Five Star Ratings for four of its coal mines under the Ministry of Coal’s annual performance evaluation. CMD N. Balram received the awards in Mumbai from Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, marking a first-time achievement of this scale for SCCL.
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The Telangana Boggu Gani Karmika Sangham has demanded a 35 per cent profit share for Singareni Collieries employees in 2024-25. The union alleged workers lost Rs. 2 lakh each last year after deductions from net profit, and urged immediate disclosure of company earnings
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Singareni Collieries has announced aggressive new daily targets to recover production losses caused by recent heavy rains. CMD N. Balram has stressed boosting underground mining, reducing costs, enhancing coal quality, and accelerating project clearances.
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SCCL workers are troubled as Medical Board meetings, which decide dependent jobs for families of medically unfit employees, have not been held for five months. TBGKS accused the Congress government of delaying the process, warning of serious agitations