Bharat Coking Coal
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Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a subsidiary of Coal India Limited
with its headquarters in Dhanbad
. It was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines (214 Nos) operating in the Jharia & Raniganj Coalfields, taken over by the Govt. of India on 16th Oct,1971.
Currently, the Company operates 81 coal mines which include 40 underground, 18 opencast & 23 mixed mines as on 01.04.2010. The Company also runs 6 coking coal washeries, 2 non-coking coal washeries, one Captive Power Plant (2x10 MW), and 5 bye-product coke plants. The mines are grouped into 13 areas for administrative convenience.
BCCL is the major producer of prime coking coal (raw and washed)in India. Medium coking coal is also produced in its mines in Mohuda and Barakar areas. In addition to production of hard coke, BCCL operates a number of washeries,sand gathering plants, a network of aerial ropeways for transport of sand, a Coal Bed Methane based power plant in Moonidih.
2)Washed Coking coal production is growing by around 25% in 05-06 after declining persistently since 1998-99 to 2003-04.
3)Reversing the trend of persistent losses till 03-04, washeries have earned profit of Rs.207.55 crores during April to Dec 05 as against profit of Rs. 63.81 Crores in the same period in 04-05 and losses earlier to that.
Coal India Limited
Coal India Limited is an Indian state-controlled coal company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India and the world's largest coal miner with revenue exceeding 60,245 Crore . It was formerly owned entirely by the Union Government of India, under the administrative control of the Ministry of...
with its headquarters in Dhanbad
Dhanbad
Dhanbad features climate that is transitional between a humid subtropical climate and a tropical wet and dry climate. Summer starts from last week of March and ends in mid-June. Peak temperature in summer can reach 47oC. Dhanbad also receives heavy rainfall...
. It was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines (214 Nos) operating in the Jharia & Raniganj Coalfields, taken over by the Govt. of India on 16th Oct,1971.
Currently, the Company operates 81 coal mines which include 40 underground, 18 opencast & 23 mixed mines as on 01.04.2010. The Company also runs 6 coking coal washeries, 2 non-coking coal washeries, one Captive Power Plant (2x10 MW), and 5 bye-product coke plants. The mines are grouped into 13 areas for administrative convenience.
BCCL is the major producer of prime coking coal (raw and washed)in India. Medium coking coal is also produced in its mines in Mohuda and Barakar areas. In addition to production of hard coke, BCCL operates a number of washeries,sand gathering plants, a network of aerial ropeways for transport of sand, a Coal Bed Methane based power plant in Moonidih.
Overall scenario
Bharat Coking Coal Limited gave an annual coal production of around 30 million tonnes in 2010-11 with a profit of INR 1094 crores. The company is currently under checks of BIFR (Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction) due to the losses incurred by it in previous years. It has a manpower of about 67,900 working in the 13 areas.Administrative Areas
There are 13 areas in BCCL for the purpose of better functioning and operation of mines.| Administrative Area | Name |
|---|---|
| Area No 1 | Barora Area |
| Area No 2 | Block II Area |
| Area No 3 | Govindpur Area |
| Area No 4 | Katras Area |
| Area No 5 | Sijua Area |
| Area No 6 | Kusunda Area |
| Area No 7 | Putki Balihari Area |
| Area No 8 | Kustore Area |
| Area No 9 | Bastacolla Area |
| Area No 10 | Lodna Area |
| Area No 11 | Eastern Jharia Area |
| Area No 12 | Chanch Victoria Area |
| Area No 13 | Western Jharia Area |
Achievements
1)BCCL’s focus on revamping of departmental capacity combined with efforts to deploy hired HEMM in isolated patches has started yielding results with 9.1% growth in raw coal production during December, 2005 and 12.5% increase in OB removal in April–December, 2005 over the same period last year.2)Washed Coking coal production is growing by around 25% in 05-06 after declining persistently since 1998-99 to 2003-04.
3)Reversing the trend of persistent losses till 03-04, washeries have earned profit of Rs.207.55 crores during April to Dec 05 as against profit of Rs. 63.81 Crores in the same period in 04-05 and losses earlier to that.