Corum Group (DTEK Energy) enters the market of India. The Company will perform a complex supply of a mechanized longwall complex for Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, which is part of Coal India Ltd, the largest coal mining company in the world.
“Cooperation with Coal India Ltd, whose annual production exceeds 600 mln t, is one of the most important contracts as part of the implementation of our 2030 Strategy. We perform this contract under a quadripartite agreement with the private company Indu Projects Ltd and the state-owned enterprises Singareni Collieries Company Ltd and Bharat Coking Coal Ltd, which shows the importance of the project for the entire industry branch. Our mechanized complex will facilitate the efficient coal mining in difficult mining and geological conditions. Now, the effectiveness of our equipment and our expertise will be evaluated in another country,” commented Mikhail Potapov, CEO of Corum Group.
The contract was signed at the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of India, New Delhi. The mechanized longwall complex to be supplied to India includes both Corum Group's own solutions and the integrated solutions from other companies. It includes 149 DTM 20/43 roof support sections manufactured by Corum DrMZ, conveyor equipment (longwall, gate-end and belt) - manufactured by Corum Svitlo Shakhtaria, Eickhoff shearer, KAMAT pumping stations and electrical equipment.
"Bharat Coking Coal Ltd is planning to mine coal at the Moonidih mine for at least 9 years. Therefore, the proposals of companies that would have a guaranteed market for products in the next decade were considered first. Corum Group, as one of DTEK Energy's businesses with its own mines, had an obvious advantage,” says Andrii Mironov, Indian Market Project Development Manager.
The operation of the mechanized complex in the mine is expected to commence at the beginning of 2023. Owing to the new equipment, the mine will be able to increase production to 2.5 mln t of coal per year. To train miners to use the equipment correctly, Corum Group will send a team of its specialists to India for six months.