Singareni Collieries Company

The Singareni Collieries Company Limited is a government-owned-coal mining corporation in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Energy, Government of Telangana. The Union Government's administration of the company is through the 49% ownership held by Ministry of Coal. SCCL is currently operating 40 mines with 18 opencast and 22 underground mines in 6 districts of Telangana and has a total manpower around 39,856 as of November 2023. SCCL is contributing 9.2% in the all India Domestic Production. Since inception 1.36 BT of Coal is extracted by SCCL and it has proved reserves of 10.84 BT.

History

In 1871 William King of the Geological Survey of India discovered coal near Yellandu in Khammam district. The Hyderabad Company Limited incorporated in England acquired mining rights in 1886 to exploit coal found in Yellandu area. The State of Hyderabad purchased the majority of the company's shares in 1945.