HISTORY
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Raniganj
Coalfield, which falls under E.C.L
is the birth place of coal mining in the Country. In 1774, first mining
operation in the Country was started in this Coalfield by Sumner &
Heatly.
In 1820, first Coal Company M/s. Alexander & Company was
established. In
1835, first Indian Enterprise i.e. M/s. Carr & Tagore Company was
formed.
In 1843, the first joint stock coal Company i.e. M/s. Bengal Coal
Company was
formed. Since then, underground coal mining operation had been
continuing in
Raniganj Coalfields by numerous small owners. Raniganj Coalfield
remained the
principal producer of coal in India in 19th Century and
considerable
period of the 20th Century.
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NATIONALISATION
AND AFTER:
In 1973,
all
Non-coking Coal Mines were nationalized and brought under Eastern
Division of
Coal Mines Authority Limited. In 1975
Eastern Coalfields Limited, a Subsidiary of Coal India Limited (C.I.L)
was
formed and inherited all the private sector coal mines of Raniganj
Coalfields.
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ECL
Headquarter at SANCTORIA
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GEOGRAPHIC
LOCATION &
AREA:
ECL mining
leasehold area is 753.75 Sq.Kms and surface
right area is 237.18 Sq.Kms. It is situated in two States-West Bengal
and
Jharkhand. Raniganj Coalfield is spreading over Burdwan, Birbhum,
Bankura and
Purulia Districts in West Bengal. Saherjuri Coalfield in Deoghar
District of
Jharkhand which is being worked as SP Mines Area under ECL.
Hura Coalfields in Godda District of Jharkhand is also under ECL, where
ECL’s
largest opencast mine Rajmahal is situated.
Heart of Raniganj Coalfields is located on the north of Ajoy while
Mejia and
Parbelia are on south of Damodar River. In
Dhanbad District, Mugma field lies on
the west of Barakar River.
Formation of coal seems has occurred mainly in two sequence at ECL- Raniganj measures & Barakar
measures. Raniganj measures covers the
entire coalfield
of Raniganj-Pandaveswar, Kajora, Jhanjra, Bankola, Kenda, Sonepur,
Kunustoria,
Satgram, Sripur, Sodepur & Partly at Salanpur Areas. Barakar
measures covers
two areas Salanpur & Mugma Areas, SP Mines & Rajmahal Areas are
mainly
related to Barakar measure & Talchair series.
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MINES
& MANPOWER:
At
present ECL has 105 no. of operating
mines out of which 81 are underground mines, 24 are opencast mines. The
existing manpower in Eastern Coalfields Limited as on 1.4.2012 is 78005,
out of which female employees are 7094 (9.09%).
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Birth
Place of
Coal Mining in the Country
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COAL
RESERVE:
As on
1.4.2011, the total coal reserve in
ECL command area upto 600 metre depth is 47.08 Billion tone out of
which 29.72
billion tone is in the State of West Bengal and 17.36 Billion tone is
in the
State of Jharkhand. Total proved reserve
in the state of West Bengal is 11.63 billion tonnes and 4.19 billion
tone is in
the State of Jharkhand.
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BEST
QUALITY NON-COKING
COAL:
The
Raniganj measures coal has special characteristics containing the best
type of
non-coking coal reserves in the country with average ash percentage of
less
than 20%. The main features of this coal
are high volatile content, long flame, quick ignition and high heat
value. All
the heat intensive industries like glass, ceramics, fertilizers,
refractories,
forging etc use Raniganj coal. Other
Industries also prefer Raniganj coal. The
major portion of export coal from
the country is contributed from
Raniganj coalfield. Raniganj coal which
is the most important by way of its higher quality, low ash content and
its
requirement under MOEF stipulations, is most suited to Power Utilities
for
replacing the import quantity. Due to
its unique characteristics Raniganj coal has high demand in the market
throughout
the Country.
Barakar
measures coals are low moisture, high fixed carbon, low sulphur &
are
suitable for modern power houses & other small scale industries.
ECL
has earned gain over notified price Rs. 153.67 crore from e-auction
during the
year 2008-09, Rs. 112.25 crore in
2009-10, Rs. 131.57 crore in
2010-11and Rs.
561.64 crore in 2011-12(highest since inception).
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E.C.L. produces best
quality non-coking coal
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OUR
ACHIEVEMENTS:
The
total coal production of ECL at the time of
nationalization was around 21 million tonnes, of which over 19 million
tonnes
was from underground mines and the rest from manual quarries.
Immediately after
nationalization, efforts were made to improve production level with
addition of
inputs by way of both short-term and long term investment resulting
into
increase in production.
However, owing to suspension of
operation of
number of mines/ units on the ground
of exhaustion of coal reserves in
working seams, on safety ground as well as being uneconomic and problem
of land
acquisition for depillaring with caving as well as gradual reduction of
loader
strength production from underground mines could not be sustained and
got
reduced considerably. However, with introduction of semi-mechanised
loading
system and application of Mass Production Technology the negative trend
has
somewhat been arrested.
In
order to sustain and augment the underground production a
road map has been formulated envisaging mechanization of manual mines
by way of
introduction of SDL/LHD in loading operation covering more mines
wherever
practically feasible. Presently company
is deploying 218 nos. of SDL and 37 nos. of LHD.
In
2011-12 113 Nos.
SDLs were procured, out of which as 70 nos. are against replacement and
43 nos.
are additional.
These SDLs
have been procured to eliminate manual loading, enhance
safety and nullify the impact of superannuation of loaders.
24
UDMs have been recently procured to improve efficacy of roof
bolting and to curb shortage of
manpower.
Re-organization
of UG districts with rationalisation of manpower
is being done in a phased manner to optimise resources and improve
productivity.
Apart
from this, for augmentation of
underground production a few mines have been identified for
introduction of
Mass production technology by way of deployment Continuous Miner with
shuttle
Car on risk/gain sharing basis. At the
first
instance Continuous Miner Package was introduced at Jhanjra Project in
collaboration with M/s. Joy Mining Machinery Limited on risk/gain
sharing basis
in Sept. 2007 and is running successfully at present.
One more Continuous Miner commissioned in Sarpi UG mine of Bankola Area and started
production by the end of August 2010. LOA issued for 3rd
Continuous
Miner of ECL and New 1.7 MTY capacity PSLW at Jhanjra.
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Power
Plant-Core Sector Principal Consumer
Rajmahal
Opencast Project
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Performance
Highlights of 2011-12:
| Coal
Production |
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30.56
M.Te (Crossed 30 M.Te mark consecutively
for last three years) |
| Coal
Off-take |
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30.83
M.Te (Highest
since Inception) |
| OB
Removal |
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60.31 M.Cum ( Highest
since Inception) |
| Gross
Sales Turnover |
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Rs.10695
Cr.(Highest since Inception) |
| Profitability |
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Rs.962.13
Cr.(Highest since Inception) |
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Underground Coal Mine |
CHALLENGES
BEFORE ECL:
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Forestry
Clearance - Forestry clearance is pending more than 5 years. |
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Rehabilitation
& Resettlement Policy – To meet
increasing expectations of Project Affected Persons. |
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Reduction
of cost of production in real terms.
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Augmentation
of UG production – Infusion of modern
technologies. |
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Safe
Mining - Reduction of accident rate. |
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Manual
loading being replaced by Mechanical loading in phased manner. |
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Suspension
of mining activities in unviable mines. |
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ACTION
TAKEN:
* Opening of New Mines
* Augmentation of production from Existing mines.
* Technology upgradation
* Mechanization of UG Mines.
* Rationalisation of mines & manpower.
* Improved sales realization for high grade coal for
UG loss recovery.
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12CM15D
Continuous Miner
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ACCEPTING
THE CHALLENGE:
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order to meet the growing demand of coal of the consumers, Eastern
Coalfields
Limited intends to increase coal production from both Opencast and
Underground
Mines from the existing level of coal production to the tune of 30 MTY. |
| Preparedness
for UG Production: |
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113
New SDLs procured to eliminate manual loading, enhance safety and
nullify the
impact of superannuation of loaders. |
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UDMs have been recently procured. |
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Re-organization
of UG districts with rationalization of manpower done in a number of
mines. |
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LOA
issued for 3rd Continuous Miner of ECL and New
1.7 MTY capacity PSLW at Jhanjra.
(Developmental activities to commence in 12-13). |
| Preparedness
for OC Production: |
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Tender
for Rajmahal (17 MTY) approved by Board. Work Order issued in Apr’12.
Actions
taken for
improvement of production at Rajmahal Area
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Tender
for Rajmahal OCP (17 MTY) approved by ECL Board. LOI
issued in March’12. |
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After
prolonged persuasion, progress was made in rehabilitation of Bhado Tola
Village
at Rajmahal OCP– |
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House
measurement
finalised. |
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46 plots
allotted
for construction of houses. Construction started. |
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Cheques
for 50%
house compensation given to 106 families. |
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Development
of rehab
site in progress. |
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New
Wharfwall siding started at Rajmahal OC in June’11 - additional 2-3
rakes/day
to NTPC |
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Installation
of two Mobile Crushers for crushed coal
to Pirpainti siding from Rajmahal OCPs. |
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Installation
of surveillance system at Rajmahal CHP. |
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Tender
for Quarry-II under Sonepur Bazari Expn. (8 MTY) finalised. |
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Outsourced OC Patches in operation. 4 new hired patches are in pipeline
for
capacity addition. Expected
Coal
Prod. - 8.2 MT |
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To
improve reliability and availability of HEMM, procurement of new/
replacement
HEMM against survey off. |
HEMM
Procurement Action
| HEMM |
During
2010-11 |
During
2011-12 |
| Surveyed
Off |
Repl.
Proc. |
Surveyed
Off |
Repl.
Proc. |
| Shovel |
3 |
7 |
5 |
5 |
| Dumper |
26 |
10 |
28 |
34 |
| Dozer |
8 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
| Drill |
3 |
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2 |
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Construction
of Washery:
2
washeries planned at Sonepur
Bazari (8.0 MTY) and Chitra East OCP (2.5 MTY) under Build, Operate and
Maintain (BOM) concept.
For
Sonepur Bazari Washery, 10
bidders short listed through global tendering by CIL. Tender for
construction
floated by ECL. Opening on 27.4.12. RFP for Chitra Washery under
preparation by
CMPDIL.
Introduction
of Mass Production
Technology in more mines:
Deployment
of 5 more Continuous
Miners approved ‘in principle’. Pre-NIT meeting held.
Introduction
of Man Riding
System:
Installation
of Man riding
System in 5 UG mines of > 2 Km distance (one side) in first phase.
Major
welfare
activites
Block
Repairing of
Quarters
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Considering
the condition of the houses/quarters which are very old in nature, from
last
year the concept of block repairing was introduced whose status given
below:
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No.of Units |
Amount Spent
(Rs.in Lakhs) |
| 2010-2011 |
3640 |
732.63 |
| 2011-2012 |
4344 |
861.42 |
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Water
Supply Schemes
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No.
of Water Supply Schemes have been approved during 2011-12
status of which is appended below:
| Year |
No of projects approved |
No.of Projects completed |
Amount Spent (Rs.in Lakhs) |
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76 |
41 |
178.18 |
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HEALTH
CARE:
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The health care system includes preventive and
curative aspects. It has:- |
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Two
Central Hospitals |
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10
Peripheral Hospital |
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Dispensaries
in all administrative Areas of ECL to cater treatment
at each unit. |
Up gradation of central hospital with addition of
following equipment –
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Fully
automated Bio chemistry analyzer. |
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Electrolyte
Analyzer. |
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C.Arm
with OT table. |
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Dialysis
machine. |
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Telemedicine. |
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2
body AC mortuary. |
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Laparoscopic
surgery equipment. |
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Multi
Para monitors. |
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Ventilators. |
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Nails
& plates for orthopedic surgery. |
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Ultrasound. |
Major
CSR
Activities
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A
total amount of Rs. 13.14 crore has been
utilized to carry out different CSR activities during 2011-12 in ECL. |
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Major
activities undertaken under CSR during 11-12 in ECL: |
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An
amount of Rs. 111.72 lakhs has been sanctioned for upgradation
of Netaji Eye Hospital. In first phase, an amount of Rs. 25.35 lakhs
has been
provided for procuring medical equipment and Rs. 20.50 lakhs for civil
works. |
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In
second phase an amount of Rs. 37.75 lakhs will be given for
medical equipment and Rs. 28.11 lakh for completing the civil
construction
works. |
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Assistance
of Bidhan Chandra Pratibandhi Karma Kendra, Khandra: |
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An
amount of Rs. 3.78 lakhs sanctioned for Bidhan Chandra
Pratibandhi Karma Kendra to provide Artificial limbs/Prosthesis Arm
Crutches,
tri-cycles, wheel chairs, Prosthesis spectacles and hearing aids etc.
to the physically
challenged children of the said school. |
Supply
of Drinking Water
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Villages
around Rajmahal Area have been provided with 50 nos. of deep tube wells
and 45
nos. of water tankers were deployed to meet the acute water scarcity in
the
area. |
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38
nos.
of hand pumps have also been installed/ repaired in the said area.
Action has
already been taken for sinking another 9 nos. of deep tube wells for
supply of
water to the villagers. |
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Laying
of pipelines, digging of ponds, sinking of wells and bore-holes,
installation
of hand pumps have also been undertaken in other Areas of ECL under CSR
programme. A sum of Rs. 447.12 lakhs have been spent under this head. |
Infrastructure
Development 2011-12
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Construction
and repair of PCC & Concrete roads, drains, culverts and
construction of
urinals |
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Construction
and repair of community centers, boundary walls etc. |
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Construction
of burning ghats |
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Construction
of children parks |
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Facilitating
electrification of villages |
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68
nos.
of solar lights have already been installed in villages around Rajmahal
command
area of ECL. |
A
sum of
Rs. 175.30 lakhs has been incurred on infrastructural development.
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In
ECL,
Corporate Medical Department is contributing substantially in promoting
and maintaining harmonious relationship
amongst the employees and their family through rendering specialised
services
besides their day to day job to the people. |
Mobile
Medical Vans:
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Total
no. of Mobile Medical Vans |
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4
nos.
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Total
no. of Camps organised through Mobile
Medical Vans during 2011-12 |
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51 nos.
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Total
no. of beneficiaries Health
Camps during 2011-12 |
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2599
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Total
no. of health camps |
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674
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Total
no. of beneficiaries |
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36032
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A Dragline machine in Opencast
project
20 Cu.M. Rope Shovel with 170T Dumper.
A view of the Coal Handling Plant
Olympus AU400 Auto Analyser
Tele-medicine Centre.
CSR Mobile Dispensary at a village
SDL in operation
Fully Equipped Mobile Medical Van
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