Coal India Chairman inspects mining Ops:Ib Valley coalfields

On Sunday, Ib Valley welcomed Coalfields Shri PM Prasad, chairman of Coal India Limited, who was investigating mining and shipping activities.

After taking over as Chairman of Coal India, Shri Prasad made his maiden voyage to Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL). He was greeted by Shri JK Bohra, director (technical/operations), along with Shri AK Behura, director (finance) and Shri AS Bapat, director (technical/projects and planning).

After serving as chairman of a joint advisory committee (JCC) meeting for MCL, Shri Prasad visited the open-pit mining projects in Belpahar and Lakhanpur and reviewed the work being done there.

The chairman also went to the upcoming Ib Valley Coal Washey in the Lakhanpur area, Coal India's largest non-coking coal washing plant with a capacity of 10 MTPA, to assess the condition.

He was given an overview of the operational set-up of the laundry and the coal benefit process, which will be commissioned this year.

Shri Prasad also observed the New Y-curve Railway Siding, which is now being built and will help boost coal shipments from Samleshwari OCP in the lb Valley Area.