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MEDIA RELEASE COAL PRODUCTION COMMENCES AT RELIANCE POWER'S SASAN MINES LARGEST COAL MINE BEING DEVELOPED IN THE COUNTRY TARGETTING TO REACH 20 MILLION TONNES PER ANNUM CAPACITY IN FOUR YEARS-FASTEST IN INDIA DEVELOPED IN A RECORD TIME FRAME FOR ANY GREENFIELD MINE IN INDIA PRODUCTION COMMENCES SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE STATE-OF-THE-ART MINING EQUIPMENT SOURCED FROM GLOBAL LEADERS; LARGEST EVER USED IN INDIAN MINING HISTORY TO PRODUCE COAL DEVELOPED TO EXACTING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND PRODUCTIVITY FINANCED BY GLOBAL INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING US EXIM BANKRegistered Office: H Block, 1st Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai- 400 710
Sasan (Madhya Pradesh), September 3, 2012: Production of coal has begun in Reliance Power's mines at Sasan, in Madhya Pradesh. Coal from the mines will be used to generate electricity at the company's Sasan Ultra Mega Power Plant, India's largest domestic coal-based power plant. There will be annual production of 20 million tonnes from the Moher and Moher-Amlohri coal mines associated with the Sasan project. This makes Reliance Power's mines the largest in the country on the basis of volume of material handled.
Commenting on the development, Anil D. Ambani, the Chairman
of Reliance Power, said: "This is a milestone moment for
Reliance and for the Indian power sector. Scarcity of coal is
one of the biggest challenges facing the power sector in
India. We will be able to get 20 MTPA from these mines as a
result of our efforts to optimise coal production by
deploying latest and advanced mining technologies. We are
developing the coal blocks to exacting international
standards of operations, safety and productivity with the
finest team available not only in the country but also
overseas."
The Sasan coal mines are deploying the largest mining
equipment ever used in
India. The equipment being used includes giant rope shovels,
dumper trucks, dozers and graders. The company will soon
press into service draglines with a 61 cubic metre bucket,
which is twice the size of the largest dragline ever to be
used in India.
The Chief Executive Officer of Reliance Power, J.P.
Chalasani, said: "We remain committed to increasing coal
production in India to reduce imports and save precious
foreign exchange. For the Sasan mines we have deployed the
largest, state-of-the- art mining equipment ever used in
Indian mining history to produce coal."
Reliance Power Limited, a part of the Reliance Group, is
India's leading private sector power generation company. The
company has the largest portfolio of power projects in the
private sector based on coal, gas, hydro and renewable
energy, with an operating portfolio of 1,540 megawatts. The
company also has the largest captive coal reserves in the
private sector, estimated at two billion tonnes. Besides, the
company is developing three coal mines in Indonesia and is
also developing coal
bed methane based generation capacity.
For more information, please visit www.reliancepower.in
Nagraj Rao +91 9323342576
Daljeet Singh +91 9312014099
Registered Office: H Block, 1st Floor, Dhirubhai Ambani Knowledge City, Navi Mumbai- 400 710
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