Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) is likely to invite fresh bids for upgrading its power plant from six to 20 MW at Kothagudem in Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh. The upgradation work is estimated to cost Rs 100 crore.

Meanwhile, the company has invited EoIs for forming a JV for an underground coal gasification project in Andhra Pradesh. It is expected to take about three months for the notice inviting tenders to be processed.

SCCL is also planning to increase its coal capacity by 2 million tonne from the extension of Srirampur mine in Adilabad, an equal capacity from the open cast mine at Bhupalapalli in Warangal and another 7,00,000 tonne to one million tonne from a new underground mine at Manuguru in Khammam during 2009-10.

Also, the company's coal washery at Manuguru is likely to be operationlised in May or June. It will initially have a 1 million tpa capacity, which will be ramped up to 1.5 million tpa later.

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