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To meet the fuel needs of the 250 MW Independent Power Project put up at Neyveli and additional requirements of NLC's Thermal Power Stations, NLC has developed a new mine, Mine-IA with a capacity of 3 million tonnes of lignite per annum. The tiny mine with a reserve of 120 million tonnes is spread over an area of 11.6 sq.kms. The excavation of overburden commenced on 30 th July 2001 and the lignite production commenced on 30 th March 2003. The Mine-IA project is one of the mega projects of NLC that has been completed without cost and time over run.
Equipment deployed
Sl.No. |
Equipment |
Capacity |
Mine-IA |
1 |
BWE |
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2 |
a) without deep cut facility |
700 L |
4 |
3 |
BWE |
500 L |
1 |
4 |
BWE |
350 L |
1 |
5 |
Mobile Transfer Conveyor |
4,700 tph |
5 |
6 |
Spreader |
4,700 tph |
4 |
7 |
Stacker (Rail Mounted) |
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1 |
Conveyor Deployment in Mine-I& 1A as on 01-07-2006
Width |
Type of Belt |
Length in Km |
No. of Conveyors |
No. of drivers |
Motor capacity |
2400 mm |
Steel cord |
7.2724 |
7-36 |
25-101 |
1250 KW-630 KV |
2000 mm |
Steel cord |
32.7021 |
1 |
2 |
1250 KV |
1800 mm |
Steel cord |
2.0524 |
3 |
6 |
630 KW |
1600 mm |
Steel cord |
11.6257 |
15-2 |
40-2 |
350-630 KW |
1500 mm |
Steel cord |
6.1450 |
6 |
8 |
630 KW |
1500 mm |
Fabric |
6.8740 |
19 |
72 |
78 KW |
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Total |
66.6716 |
89 |
256 |
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