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oal and Coal India Ltd has always been in the news ever since it has been identified
as a key strategic sector enabling to fulfill the requirement of our power demand.
At one point of time – in around 2004-2005 when the country was targeting to take
power production to 2 lakh mega watt, producing 343 million tonne of coal was a huge
challenge for Coal India. It was from the days of the first IPO when coal production got a
booster and CIL had set a target of producing 520 million tones mainly to cater to the needs
of the power sector. At present the country has an installed capacity of 3,30,260 mw, but CIL
with a production level of 555 mt is unable fire all the thermal power plants in the country
with around 88,000 mw of capacity lying idle for want of coal. Whereas Coal India Ltd has
also to face a situation where the demand is low and pit head stocks are piling up. The June
issue of Fitch report on power sector analysis says at least 8 coal fired plants have critical
stock position and the average inventory in the thermal power plants are confronting an all
time low. That which has created this contradictory situation is a mix of factors – ranging from
government policies on coal distribution to Coal India’s model of operation and business, on
which shaping and re-shaping is a phenomena. The outlook on coal has undergone a sea
change. From a less important sector it has become the country’s prime sector and the global
coal market is revisiting the Indian coal sector to see how a government controlled segregated
market has its spillover effect on the rest of the global coal market. The Indian coal sector
is now a prime mover of the economy and India has now to do a lot in regulating the global
market. One has now to see how the elements that govern the coal dynamics has crowded
in the Indian coal sector and how are they behaving in the Indian coal dynamics. The Indian
coal sector has been tweaking itself to fit with the global needs though on a conventional and
protectionist framework and changes are being witnessed mostly in the operational front.
Our latest issue highlights the changes that the coal behemoths have introduced, in the
operational front and how the new models of distribution and business are working with the
changing times and needs. Most importantly the coal companies have become environment
sensitive, which is prompting huge changes in the models of operation and business.
Responding to changing need of times

CONTENTS
WCL: Working with
a long term vision
JOY GLOBAL: The
changing landscape of
Indian mining industry
INTERVIEW
8
18
21
INTERVIEW
MCL: Growing from
Strength to Strength
EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY
“In coming years, the technology will play a major
roletoboosttheproduction.Infuture,ourdependence
will be more on technology than on human resource.”
RR Mishra, Chairman cum Managing Director
Speaks.
“Mahanadi Coalfields is an important subsitiary of
Coal India Ltd. , which significantly contributes
to the overall performance of the coal PSU.”
AK Jha, Chairman cum Managing Director
Speasks to Coalfield Times.
“India’s mining industry is on a rapid growth for
which the global mining giants are looking at India
for bigger pie.”
Shib Bhowmick, Country Head & Managing
Director of Joy Global speaks to Coalfield Times.

hat is your outlook on
production and offtake in
2017? Where do you see
the production curve going in the next
five years?
In order to fulfil the demand of coal in our
country and its contribution towards the
commitment of government for “Power to
All”; Coal India has outlined the roadmap
for production through its vision 2020
document. Similarly Western Coalfields
has also geared up to contribute towards
the goal of CIL for 1 Bt by 2019-20. In
current fiscal, WCL has committed to
INTERVIEW
WCL: Working with a
long term vision
achieve the coal production of 48.5 Mt.
WCL has added 18 projects in last two
and half year for building up the required
capacity to meet future challenges. We
shall strive to despatch the complete coal
produced during the FY 2017-18 beside
liquidating the current stock.
In the next five years, the production of
WCLwill be increasing continuously with
the contribution from our newly opened
mines.
What are your plan for expansion ?
How do you foresee the technology
play in the production of coal in the
next five years ? Which countries have
been taking the lead role in supplying
India is still dependent on coal resources for commercial energy
and the weightage of coal is not going to decrease in near future.
However, it is also a fact that demand is more a constraint than the
production in today’s scenario. Government is planning to reduce
its coal import by producing high quality indigenous coal.
Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), Miniratna Government of
India Enterprise and subsidiary of Coal India Limited, with its Head
Office at Nagpur in Maharashtra, came into being in 1975 and was
bifurcated in SECL and present WCL in 1986. WCL is engaged in
mining through 87 mines spread in its 10 areas located in States
of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra. WCL is marketing of Coal
with a strong customer base comprising power, cement, steel,
chemicals, fertilizers, paper and brick kilns etc. in South, North,
West and Central India. It contributes about 7% of national coal
production from its 3.26% of National Geological Coal Reserves.
WCL has set various milestones in Production and its Corporate
Social Responsibility during the last fiscal 2016-17. Apart from
creating records in growth of production during last three months
& especially in Marsh’ 17, WCL went all out in setting various
milestones in producing employment, skill development, Eco-
Tourism & other out of box initiatives. While adding many colorful
feathers to the cap, the company has launched many pioneering
and widely appreciated initiatives towards bringing meaningful
change in the lives of the populace residing in and around its
command area.
RR Mishra, Chairman cum Managing Director speaks.
8 • • August 2017

INTERVIEW
and managing technology to WCL ?
What is WCL’s share in India’s mining
equipment market ? Where do you see
it going in the next five years ?
WCL is working with a long-term vision
of 100 Million Tonne Company. Though
the natural deposits of resource i.e. Coal
is not favourable to open mega mines
in the command area of WCL, however
taking the advantage of our expertise with
available resources, we are moving on the
path of growth.
In coming years, the technology will play
a major role to boost the production. In
future, our dependence will be more on
technology than on human resource. This
will add the advantage of less exposure of
risk to human beings with rapid produc-
tion technology. Though mining sector
has delayed the acceptance of modern
technology, but today the technology is
gaining its ground in this sector at a very
fast pace.Though in Opencast, technology
adoption had picked up the pace in last
few years through adoption of techno-
logically advanced machine like Surface
Miner, higher capacity equipment etc. But
our endeavour is to adopt advance tech-
nology in Underground mine. Recently,
we have planned few of our U/G mines
with Continuous Miners.
The requirement of mining machineries
of WCL is catered through global tenders
and no single country is leading in this
field.Aconstructive change is taking place
in this sector by collaboration of Indian
Companies with global players which will
contributed to the technological capacities
of Indian firms.With the vision of our gov-
ernment for “Make in India”, future will
see more products of Indigenous make.
How do you place WCL among the
subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd ? Does it
have any speciality of its own compared
to other subsidiaries ?
Every subsidiary of Coal India has got
its own challenges. However, the unique
challenges of WCL are its quality of
deposits, deep seated coal deposits with
difficult geo mining conditions and geo-
logical deformities. This is adding our
9 • • August 2017

production cost and effecting the profit-
ability of the company.
Please tell us about the initiatives
of WCL in giving green cover to its
abandoned mines. How far has WCL
been responsive to Corporate Social
Responsibility?
After utilizing water filled in various voids
of abandoned mines for neighbouring
community, these patched are completely
filled up up-to ground level with over bur-
den / soil and afforestation is done. WCL
has planted 18.39 Million trees on 6671
Ha of land in and around its command
area as on date.
WCL has proved itself a good corporate
citizen and has invested on various pres-
tigious projects under CSR i.e providing
Drinking Water, Education, Skill Devel-
opment, Women Empowerment, Environ-
mental Sustainability and Conservation of
Natural Resources, Protection of National
Heritage, Art and Culture, Promotion
of Sports, Rural Development Projects,
Contribution to Swachh Bharat Kosh set
up by Central Govt., Swachh Vidyalaya
Abhiyan etc.
What is your take on the emerging coal
scenario ? Will demand for coal rise in
the near future or stock piles of coal will
go up ? How is India poised to play in
the global coal market ? Do you think
the green energy sector is increasingly
posing a challenges to the Indian Coal
Sector ?
India is still dependent on coal resources
for commercial energy and the weightage
of coal is not going to decrease in near fu-
ture. However, it is also a fact that demand
is more a constraint than the production in
today’s scenario. Government is planning
to reduce its coal import by producing
high quality indigenous coal.
So far the green energy is concerned, it
is not a challenge, but it is a boon for the
better future of India. India has committed
towards the global environmental miti-
gation through Paris Agreement-2015 to
produce 40% of its installed electric ca-
pacity by green energy. India is far behind
in the per capita energy consumption and
any addition by green energy will add up
to the per capita consumption. It may have
an impact on coal industry but simultane-
ously India’s energy requirement is also
increasing. The green energy will have its
share in the increased demand of energy,
not in the existing demand of coal.
What are the special initiatives taken
by WCL for society?
Apart above, while adding many colorful
feathers to the cap, the company has also
launched many pioneering and widely
appreciated initiatives towards bringing
meaningful change in the lives of the
populace residing in and around its com-
mand area, out of which few prestigious
initiatives are:-
a) WCL’s initiatives for gainful utiliza-
tion of water discharged from the Mines
INTERVIEW
Left side Shri Rajiv Rajan Mishra, CMD, WCL Centre. Shri Piyush Goyal Minister of State (IC)
for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy, Mines. & Right side Dr. Sanjay Kumar Director
(Personnel), WCL.
Left side Shri Saibal Sarkar, Director, Coalfield
Times with Shri Rajiv Rajan Mishra, CMD, WCL
10 • • August 2017

for recharging ground water, irrigation
and water supply for drinking under “Jal
Sahayog”&”K2K”as well as contribution
in “JalyuktaShivar” scheme, benefitted
thousands of villagers. K2K project of
WCL has been awarded with Gold award
among top fifty projects of the country.
Recently WCL has also provided RO
treated water to the villagers of Nilgaon
and soon another RO water plant is be-
ing installed in Patansongi village near
Nagpur. Further gainfully utilizing water
discharged from the Mines, WCL is plan-
ning to supply water for irrigation through
a MoU with the irrigation department of
State Government.
b) Eco Mine Tourism, the first of its kind
in the country. The initiative was appre-
ciated and specially mentioned by The
Hon’ble Prime Minister of India during
his “Man Ki Baat” on March 27, 2016.
The motive of the initiative is to create
awareness of coal mining & ecological
balance among the populace. The initia-
tive has been tied up with Maharashtra
Tourism Development Corporation on
16th December, 2016 to attract Indian as
well as foreign visitors.
c) WCL has trained about 6400 PAPs
and villagers living in and around of
its command areas through four skill
development centers, under project
“Udaan” ‘Shakti” “Kisan’’ & “Arogyya”
in Entrepreneurship development, Wom-
en empowerment, Farmers/Agro-based
occupations, Paramedic, Nursing, com-
puter education, and technical training
like Fitter, Electrician, Motor winding,
Machinist, Welder, mobile repair, Injec-
tion Moulding, Plastic Extrusion, Blow
Moulding, Plastic Processing, etc.
d) Extraction of Sand from OB, is a presti-
gious project of WCL to support low cost
housing society. WCL has started gainful
utilization of Over Burden for extraction
of sand & supply it to Nagpur Improve-
ment Trust under the MoU signed on 1st
Jan. 2017.Apilot project of making bricks
using mix of clay from OB and ash from
power plant is another ambitious project of
WCL to support further low cost housing
schemes.
e) Expanding the company further WCL
is also eyeing to get coal blocks in neigh-
bouring states.
f) Agro farming is planned to be done on
empty land of the company for Cotton
farming on unused land for supporting
Cottage industry and PAPs.
INTERVIEW
11 • • August 2017

FACE TO FACE
12 • • August 2017

Committed
to Progress and
Development
Mr. T.K. Nag, CMD, NCL talks to Coalfields Times
about its growth trajectory.
Committed
to Progress and
Development
13 • • August 2017

FACE TO FACE
lease give us a brief on NCL’s
present production status?
Where is it going to go in the
next five years?
NCL has 10 numbers of opencast mines
and it produced 84.10 Mt Coal during
the year 2016-17 with a growth of nearly
5%. In 2017-18, we expect 90 Mt coal
productions with 7% growth over last
year. We have planned to achieve 110 Mt
Coal Production by 2019-20 at CAGR of
6.52% over the 5 years from 2015-16 to
2019-20.
What is your targeted production for FY
18? Have you chalked out any plan for
achieving?
The target for FY 2017-18 is 89 MT.
This will be achieved during FY 2017-
18.
How far is technology crucial in oper-
ating your mines? Have you planned to
adopt any new technology in the course
of expansion?
NCL has large opencast mines with 3 Mt
to 20 Mt production capacity. There are
7 number mines having 4 Mt and above
rated production capacity and all these
mines are operated with Draglines &
Shovel-Dumper combination. Therefore,
technology is crucial to our mines and
we are constantly upgrading these mines
in terms of technology. OITDS has been
introduced in 5 of the Mega Projects
having rated capacity of 10 Mt or more.
We have Laser Scanner for survey &
monitoring and Simulator for training
of dumper operators. Very soon, Survey
and Ground Profiling of 4 mines is go-
ing to be done by latest technology using
Drone. Permission for using Drone has
been granted by DGCA. We are awaiting
clearance from Defence & Home Minis-
tries.
Technology adoption in HEMMs of NCL
NCL has introduced 04 nos. (Jayant-02,
Krishnashila-01, Dudhichua-01) Surface
Miners of size 4000 MM Drum Diam-
eter, which has eliminated drilling and
blasting in its working range in Coal.
14 • • August 2017

FACE TO FACE
NCL has planned the followings in re-
cent as well as future procurement of
HEMMs:-
Higher capacity Draglines, Shovels,
Dumpers, Dozers. Also introduction of
AC digital drive in Draglines & Shovels.
Providing online real-time monitoring
interface facility for monitoring of vital
data of equipment, payload monitor-
ing system, Vehicle health monitoring
system, proximity warning device, rear
view camera, Audio Visual Alarm, Tail
gate protection/ Anti-collision device/
Inherent design geometry and rear &
right hand side view monitoring system
in 100 T as well as 180-200T Dumpers.
 NDT facility at Condition Monitor-
ing Cell for ensuring structural sta-
bility of HEMMs
 Also, procurement of Simulator is
being done for Dragline, Shovel &
Dozer
 Air conditioning has been provided
in operator cabins of HEMMs
 Simulator Training has been provid-
ed to Dumper operators.
Recently the controller of coal has down-
graded some mines in terms of quality.
Have any mines of NCL been downgrad-
ed? What will be the financial impact of
NCL due to this exercise?
In the Annual coal gradation F.Y 2017-
18, some dispatch points/ sidings of NCL
Projects has been downgraded by office
of coal controller which are likely to
have financial implications.
Where do you see NCL’s business going
in the next five years?
At present NCL has 10 numbers of
opencast mines and it produced 84.10
Mt Coal during the year 2016-17 with
a growth of nearly 5% over previous
year. In 2017-18, we expect 90 Mt coal
productions with a 7% growth over last
year. We have planned to achieve 110 Mt
Coal Production by 2019-20 at CAGR of
6.52% over the 5 years.
NCL has resources for a sustained coal
production of 100 Mty for about 45
years. Biggest advantage with NCL is
availability of consumers at pit head. So,
we are comfortable as far as business of
the company is concerned.
Does NCL have any bottlenecks in evac-
uating coal? What is the status of your
pit head stock now?
NCL has following bottlenecks in evac-
uating coal -
 Single railway line movement from
Shaktinagar to Karela road and also
between Singrauli and Chopan/Kat-
ni.
15 • • August 2017

FACE TO FACE
 Khel tarang (village sports and cul-
tural activities)
 Sab swasth (health camps, distribu-
tion of aids & appliances to pwd’s
etc.)
 Sab sakshar (education and literacy
related activities)
 Swaksh jal (installation of hand
pumps and construction of ponds and
check dams)
Expenditure under CSR in 2016-17 is Rs
75 Crs (prov.) against the targets of Rs 74
Crs (approx).
What is your long term vision for the
company?
NCL has resources for a sustained coal
production of 100 Mty for about 45 yrs.
biggest advantage with NCL is avail-
ability of consumers at pit head. So, we
are comfortable as far as business of the
company is concerned. NCL has made
great contribution in development of the
Singrauli District since its inception in
1985. We are committed to improve the
living conditions of the people around us
by extending infrastructure, health and
education facilities.
 Limited rake holding capacity of
Railway yards.
Status of coal stock is given below-
Stock as on 01.04.2017 Stock as on 29.05.2017
7.23 Mill. Tes. 6.88 Mill. Tes.
Please throw us some light about your
CSR activity?
In Singrauli Coalfield - over the years - lo-
cal populace has benefitted from mining
and other activities undertaken by NCL.
Land losers have been provided with em-
ployment, compensation, resettlement and
rehabilitation benefits depending on the
quantum of land acquired. Mining in this
region has also generated indirect employ-
ment for sizeable number of population.
NCL has adopted Corporate Social Re-
sponsibility (CSR) as a strategic tool
for sustainable growth in the operating
region. NCL endeavours towards the
upliftment of the poor and underprivi-
leged people of this area through various
schemes/activities and also by sharing its
in-house facilities with them. The fund
for the CSR is allocated based on 2% of
the average net profit of the Company for
the three immediate preceding financial
years or Rs. 2.00 per tonne of Coal pro-
duction of previous year, whichever is
higher. The CSR activities undertaken in
NCL are divided into 7 broad categories
depending on the nature of work. These
are as follows:
 Gaon jodo abhiyaan (construction of
roads, bridges and culverts etc.)
 Aadhar (infrastructure projects like
electrification, housing projects,
community halls etc.)
 Kaushal (skill development training
programme to increase employment
etc.)
16 • • August 2017

he Union government is betting
high on MCL. It is thinking in
terms of increasing production
by 150 million tonnes per annum from
Talcher and IB Valley. So how is MCL
planning to do this targeted production?
Target for the year 2017-18 has been given
INTERVIEW
as 149.3MT. Last year MCL produced
139.2MT and roughly we have to increase
the coal production of about 10MT, which
is quite possible provided the problems
faces in Talcher Coalfield mainly related
to law and order issues are addressed.
Where do you see MCL’s production
MCL: Growing from
Strength to Strength
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd is an important subsidiary of Coal India Ltd, which significantly contributes to the
overall performance of the coal PSU. While the Union coal ministry has set a target of producing 1 billion
tonne by 2020, it has charted a number of plans centering MCL that can help in achieving the government’s
1 billion tonne target. MCL chairman cum managing director, AK Jha speaks to Coalfield Times enumerating
about the action plans of the company. Excerpts
going in the next five years? How much
do you plan to produce next year?
In next 05 years two new mines in
Basundhara Field of Ib-valley Coalfields
are going to come-up namely Siarmal and
Garjanbahal OCP and from there we can
add 50 MT, thus totaling to 200 MT. Next
17 • • August 2017

18 • • July 2017
INTERVIEW
We have already adopted the eco-friendly technology of coal production through Surface
Miner and about 92% production is coming through this mode. Hence, in case of MCL,
where maximum coal comes from opencast mines and where we have already deployed
the best technology, further role of technology in increasing production is not so crucial.
There is only issue of possession of land by shifting of villages to the resettlement sites.
year i.e. in 2018-19 coal production would
be to be tune of 157 to 160 MT.
How far is technology crucial in in-
creasing production?
We have already adopted the eco-friendly
technology of coal production through
Surface Miner and about 92% production
is coming through this mode. Hence,
in case of MCL, where maximum coal
comes from opencast mines and where we
have already deployed the best technolo-
gy, further role of technology in increasing
production is not so crucial. There is only
issue of possession of land by shifting of
villages to the resettlement sites.
Please give us some details about the
evacuation facilities coming up?
At present the evacuation scenario is
about 75% of coal is transported by Rail
mode and remaining 25% by Road mode
to the nearby local industries. Presently
there is no rail linkage for Basundhara
Coalfield and for this reason Indian
Railway is constructing Jharsuguda-Sar-
dega rail linkage at an estimated cost of
Rs.1100 crores for single line and Rs.2500
crores for double line and it is expected
that this rail linkage will be operational
from September 2017. In addition we are
concentrating on increasing transportation
through rail mode for which Tube Con-
veyor – Rapid Loading System – SILO
are under construction at Bharatpur OCP
(15 MTPA), Lingaraj OCP (16 MTPA),
Hingula OCP (10 MTPA), Bhubaneswari
OCP (10 MTPA), Lakhanpur OCP (10
MTPA) at an estimated cost of Rs.1000
crores and further such system are under
planning stage for all the viable railway
sidings. In addition doubling of the rail
linkages auto-signaling system inter-con-
nectivity of sidings, maintenance of siding
as well as tracks, etc. have been given to
Indian Railway and we are incurring more
than 1000 crores on this account. Road
corridors bypassing densely populated
areas are under construction at Talcher
Coalfield and Ib-valley Coalfield at an
estimated expenditure of Rs.500 crores.
MBPL, a pit head thermal power plant is
also coming up which will consume about
9-10 MT coal per year.
What will be the impact on finances
from MCL’s new projects?
Garjanbahal and Siarmal will be the new
projects in next 5 years including expan-
sion of some old projects. MCL is a cash
rich company and there will be no issue
in financing the new projects as well as
expansion projects. These new projects
will added to the profit of MCL.
How are the prospects of coal gasifica-
tion looking in MCL?
There has not been much advances and
R&D insitu coal gasification of the de-
posits in the existing UG mines of MCL.
However, it will be a beneficial project
if insitu coal gasification technology is
developed for UG mines of Talcher and
Ib-valley Coalfield where a lot of coal is
blocked in pillars over the densely popu-
lated town area where evacuation of the
population will not be a viable proposition
18 • • August 2017

and if we can take the heat value/gas value
without disturbing the surface features and
population this can help a lot, for which
proper R&D activity are required to be
taken up.
Can you tell us something about your
newly conceived solar power project?
Why did MCLscrap the thermal power
project?
MCLwas 1st company of CILto construct
2 MW Solar Power Plant as a pilot project
to prove the potential. Now as per Govt.
Policy we have to become energy zero
company that means the total energy we
are consuming annually for our internal
activities will have to be given back in
terms of renewable energy and for this we
are planning to invest in Solar Parks,Wind
Parks and other renewable projects. We
have not scrapped the pit head Thermal
Power Plants at Basundhara Coalfield
and we are in a process of obtaining the
statutory clearances and selection of con-
sultants for establishing the same.
What is MCL’s employee strength at
present? Where do you see it going in
the next five years?
Employees status at present is around
22,000 and in next 05 years it may go up
to 24,000.
Please tell us something about MCL’s
CSR activity?
MCLis committed for CSR activity as per
the DPE guidelines of Govt. of India and
as per the CSR Policy of CIL/MCL. 2% of
the average profit before tax for the last 03
consecutive years is taken as CSR budget
which comes to around 120 crores and the
back log of previous year is to be spent in
that particular year itself. The main focus
areas are drinking water, health, sanita-
tion, education, sports, infrastructure de-
velopment, etc. We are going to establish
a Medical College at Talcher Coalfield
at an expenditure of about Rs.500 cores,
number of piped water supply schemes
are also under implementation at a cost of
more than Rs.100 crores. Super speciality
hospitals are being constructed by MCL
at Jharsuguda and Sundargarh costing
more than Rs.200 crores, Stadium and
Sports Complex at Sambalpur, Jharsugu-
da, Angul, Sundargarh with expenditure
more than Rs.50 crores and Bus Stand at
INTERVIEW
Jharsuguda, School building, Boundary
Wall, Kitchen, etc. in all the four districts
we are operating, Renovation of Pond,
Construction of Bathing Ghat, Water
Harvesting in all the 04 districts and other
nearby district where we are in operation,
development of Community Centre at
different required places in these four
districts at an expenditure of more than
30 crores.
Recently the coal controller has down-
graded some mines in terms of quality?
How many of MCL mines have been
downgraded? What will be its impact
on MCL’s finances?
Strata containing the coal seam are purely
heterogeneous in nature and there are dif-
ferent geological disturbances like faults,
washout, etc. due to which uniformity
is very difficult and grades may change
in the same mine as per the strata it is
encountering. Based on the very few sam-
ples grades of the mine and siding have
been ascertained and some of the mines
have been down graded and some of the
mines have also been up graded. So there
is no major issue as far as coal mining is
concerned. Heterogeneous nature of strata
and as already explained uniformity is not
guaranteed. However, we have to operate
in a range of coal grade quality and it is
expected that there will be no significant
impact on the finances.
Please throw us some light on MCL’s
present pit head stock position?
Pit head stock in MCLwas around 6.4 MT
on 1stApril 2017 and it is further reducing
due to insufficient coal production from
Talcher Coalfield because of law and order
problems faced during the month ofApril.
On 1st May the stock was around 5.6 MT
(1 MT less).s
19 • • August 2017

oday the customer service is
not limited to products. Being
partner in customer’s success
has become mantra in the manufactur-
ing industry. How is your company’s
approach to it?
Shib: We focus on helping our customers
increase their productivity, reducing their
cost of production and putting highest
priority on safety in everything that we
do. We help controls costs by localizing
THE
CHANGING
LANDSCAPE
OF INDIAN
MINING
INDUSTRY
THE
CHANGING
LANDSCAPE
OF INDIAN
MINING
INDUSTRY
India's mining industry is on a rapid growth for which the global
mining giants are looking at India fora biggerpie. Shib Bhowmik,
Country Head & Managing Director of Joy Global and Samaresh
Mitra, National Sales Head of Joy Global, speaks to Coalfield
Times on its product and growth of mining industry
and being closer to our customers. We
have agreements with some customers
to ensure the parts and components
they need are available easily right when
they need them. We also offer life cycle
management of our equipment on cost
per hour of operation and even on ‘Cost
per Ton’basis especially for underground
equipment.
How do you look at rapidly changing
mining industry landscape in India?
Shib: Especially for coal mining in
India we see higher capacity mines
both in surface and underground. This
requires higher productivity machines,
an enhanced focus on safety and great-
er collaborationbetween the mines and
original equipment manufacturers/service
providers.
Both Coal India and Singareni Collieries
are introducing more mechanized room
and pillar mining with continuous miners
20 • • August 2017

and shuttle cars, and mechanized longwall
mining. In surface mining, mines are start-
ing to explore the use of higher capacity
loading and hauling equipment such as
larger electric mining shovels,dumpers
and draglines.
Which are the mining sectors that drive
the demand for mining equipment in
India? Could you provide a case to case
comparison of equipment demand from
various mining segments?
Shib: Coal mining is the biggest trigger
for large size surface mining equipment
requirement in India – because of sheer
volume of OB removal requirement. Due
to increased pressure to reduce cost of
production we also see more mechaniza-
tion and resultant demand for UG mining
equipment like Continuous miners.
Of course, there are pockets of demand
in UG metal mining (drilling, loading
and hauling equipment), mineral sizing
equipment for metallic ore mining.
What products are in demand in opencast
mining for Joy Global in India?
Samaresh: Rope shovels, wheel loaders
and draglines, along with our crushing
and conveying range of products.
Tell us about the initiatives taken to
augment the sales and service networks
and training for the operator?
Shib: We have service support available
close to our customers. We have also have
our manufacturing and service facility
in Nagpur. We do training programs for
customer personnel on a regular basis.
Have the government’s latest policy
initiatives helped the mining industry
and mining equipment companies in
significant way?
Samaresh: Yes, with more and more large
capacity mines having life of around 30
years and being allocated to the private
sector, the demand for mining equipment
has gone up substantially and is expected
to grow further with time. Opening up
mines for commercial mining would
attract interest from global mining com-
panies to invest in India, with the right
policies in place. This could lead to
increased use of the latest mining technol-
ogies available, further increasing safety
and productivity.
What is the current portfolio? How do
you service the customers who have
procured equipment of earlier brands
and range?
Shib: Globally our portfolio of equip-
21 • • August 2017

ment offering in surface mining includes
powerful blast hole drills, electric mining
shovels,. electric wheel loaders, drag-
lines, high angle conveyors, overland
conveyors, crushers and feeder breakers.
With Komatsu now the range will also
include dozers and haul trucks. We offer
equipment for drilling, loading, hauling,
dozing, crushing and conveying.
For underground coal mining our offer-
ings include a full range of mechanized
room and pillar mining equipment such
as continuous miners for different seam
conditions, shuttle cars, bolting equip-
ment, feeder breakers and more. We also
have equipment for fast drivage, and si-
multaneous cutting and bolting solutions.
For longwall mining our full-system
solutions include high performance shear-
ers,hydraulic power supports, AFCs and
all related equipment.
For underground hard rock mining, we
offer drilling, loading and hauling equip-
ment.
Can you explain the current mining
projects in which you are involved?
Shib : Komatsu Mining Corp.’s Joy brand
of equipment is a market leader in under-
ground coal mining, with mechanized
equipment including continuous miners,
shuttle cars and bolting rigs. We have
supplied high productivity, safety-focused
equipment and services to many projects
in India and globally. We have our UG
equipment successfully operating with
Coal India and SCCL.
We have maximum number of our elec-
tric mining shovels operating in Norther
Coalfields Ltd.
We have also our electric loaders in large
private mines.
What is your long-term vision for the
company?
Shib: We arecommitted to directly servic-
ing the mining industry and through our
products, services and technologies we
are focused on helping customers improve
productivity and safety in their operations
worldwide. Combining the Komatsu,
Joy, P&H and Montabert brands, we are
working to become an unrivaled mining
solutions and services provider. In India
we are implementing that global strategy
in line with the local requirements of our
mining customers.
Komatsu Mining Corp.’s
Joy brand of equipment
is a market leader
in underground coal
mining, with mechanized
equipment including
continuous miners,
shuttle cars and bolting
rigs. We have supplied
high productivity, safety-
focused equipment and
services to many projects
in India and globally.
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