NLC - Consultancy in Mining Sector

Mine Planning	NLC has rich Experience in Erection / Rejuvenation and such related activities in Huge Specialized Mining Equipment.
Projects Under Construction & Future Projects	For further details to have consultancy Expertise in Mining Sector send in your enquiries to the following address :
Rejuvenation of Mining Equipments	Director / Mines Corporate office NLC Limited, Block–1 NEYVELI 607801 Tamilnadu State, INDIA

MINE PLANNING

NLC has Expertise and Technical Skill to plan for new Mines. NLC on its own has prepared feasibility report for Mine-1A (To produce 3 MT/A of lignite). Detailed Mine plan, detailed project reports are also being prepared by NLC. Equipment selection for Mines is being done by NLC. NLC has expertise to select suitable equipment suppliers for major mining equipment. NLC has expertise in preparation of tender document incorporating technical and commercial condition, issuing of notice inviting tender, evaluating the prices and awarding of contracts.

NLC do have expertise and experience for operating and maintaing lignite production. The present production capacity from existing three mine is 24 M.T/A (Mine-1: 10.5 M.T/A and Mine II: 10.5 M.T./A & Mine-1A: 3 M.T/A)

Future Projects
· Mine-II expansion for 4.5 MT/A from 10.5 MT/A to 15 MT/A linked with TPS-II expansion of 2x 250 MW.
· Mine-III of 8 M.T/A linked with TPS-III of 1000 MW are under consideration. Feasibility reports are under preparation
· Rajasthan Mine (2.1 MT/A) and Thermal Project (2 x 125 MW)

Life Extension and The Rejuvenation of Bucket Wheel Excavators:
Neyveli Lignite Corporation also has Excellent technical Skills in consultancy services for rejuvenating the specialised Mining equipments like Bucket Wheel Excavators, Spreaders etc., The equipments which have served about 20 - 25 years have been rejuvenated to have a new lease life of about 15 years at 30% of the new equipment cost.

Details of Works & Modifications carried out during Rejuvenation of Bucket Wheel Excavators.

The old Tower structure was modified into the plate welded construction.
The rivetted construction Bucket Wheel boom was modified to a new boom with a combination bolt and welded design.
The loading boom was modified.
The counter weight was made as a fixed one in place of slewing.
The Provision of cutting bows was eliminated and only Buckets provided in the Bucket Wheel. The conventional Bucket Wheel Drive was changed and planatery drive gear box provided.
The existing Bucket Wheel hollow shaft was suitably changed to accommodate the similar Bucket Wheel planatery gear box available in the existing 700 BWEs (1571 - 74).
Improvement carried out in the mounting area of the discharge boom slew gear box and in other areas.