Coal India Limited (CIL), state-controlled coal mining company headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India, is fast tracking the process of procuring 360 items of high capacity mining equipment valued at over $1 billion. The urgency is because the company aims to bolster production after reviving a one billion ton production target in the next two to three years. The company requires various types and sizes of high capacity heavy earth-moving machinery to deploy in its open cast mines as soon as possible.
“Nine global tenders built on a common NIT at CIL level through a transparent e-procurement process with reverse auction have been issued,” said an official of the company. The procurement of these items is based on total cost inclusive of equipment price along with installation and commissioning charges and prices of consumables for a certain period beyond the warranty period.
The shopping list of CIL’s machinery includes: rear dumpers of varying capacities ranging from 150 tons to 240 tons, electric rope shovels of 706 and 1500 cubic feet (or 20 and 42 cubic meters) capacities, 530 cubic feet (or 15 cubic meters) hydraulic face shovels, 353-424 cubic feet (or 10-12 cubic meters) hydraulic shovels, 460 HP wheel bulldozers and 850 HP crawler bulldozers. Tendering for very high capacity draglines is also on the anvil.
