Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd (NLC) has inducted two state-of-the-art Bucket Wheel Excavators with an operating capacity of up to 6,800 cubic metres per hour for their Mines-II Project.
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Tag: B Surender Mohan
NLC to acquire multiple power projects
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is examining a number of power projects on offer to scale up its generating capacity rapidly. B Surender Mohan, Chairman and Managing Director, NLC, said it is examining nine projects, where the promoters have showed interest in letting NLC acquire the projects.
NLC to buy coal mines abroad
Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) would acquire coal mines abroad to fuel its power sector expansion plans in the country. In this regard, the company has got request for partnership from miners in Asia and Africa. The company wants to work in a JV with the overseas partners to source coal to India, according to B Surender Mohan, Chairman and Managing director, NLC.
Tuticorin thermal unit
In Tamil Nadu, the Tuticorin thermal power project's first unit of 1,000-MW (2x500 MW), which is under construction, is likely to be commissioned in December 2013 and the second unit by March 2014, according to Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) Chairman-cum-Managing Director B Surender Mohan.
Neyveli power plant expects to get land
Lignite mining-cum-power generator Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) is hopeful of getting around 59 hectares of declassified forest land so that its 1,000 mw power project in Tuticorin can proceed without hitch. The land was obtained from the Tuticorin Port Trust. Long back some portion of the land was classified as forest land though there is no forest there, Chairman and Managing Director B Surender Mohan said.
NLC to invest Rs 29,000 cr
The government-owned Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) has lined up Rs 29,000 crore of investments during the 12th Plan period to take the total power generation to 11,195 MW by end of the next five year plan.

