ABOUT BCCL
Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) is a Public Sector Undertaking engaged in mining of coal and allied activities.
It occupies an important place in as much as it produces bulk of the coking coal mined in the country. BCCL meets almost 50% of the total prime coking coal requirement of the integrated steel sector.
BCCL was incorporated in January, 1972 to operate coking coal mines (214 Nos) operating in the Jharia & Raniganj Coalfields, taken over by the Govt. of India on 16th Oct,1971 to ensure planned development of the scarce coking coal resources in the country.
Currently, the Company operates 81 coal mines which include 40 underground, 18 opencast & 23 mixed mines as on 01.04.2010.
The Company also runs 6 coking coal washeries, 2 non-coking coal washeries, one Captive Power Plant (2x10MW), and 5 bye-product coke plants.
The mines are grouped into 13 areas for administrative convenience.
The total manpower as on 1.4.05 was 92,268 and as on 01.03.2010 is 72,222.
