Incredible Ghato

in the coal industry====


**********************LOCATION******************************

West Bokaro is located about 200 km north of Jamshedpur, in the Ramgarh district of Jharkhand state. It is about 35 KMs SW of Hazaribag town and 26 KMs NE of Ramgarh town. Geographically, it is located west of Lugu Hill. There are several other Coal Mines, owned by M/S Central Coal Fields Ltd. The rain-fed Bokaro river flows through the property. Total area of the leasehold is 4300 acres and contains an estimated reserve of about 200 million tonnes of medium coking coal. The loading station, at Chainpur, is situated 4 kms to the south.


*********************ORGANISATION*****************************

West Bokaro (WB) came into existence in 1948, as an independent coal company, managed by M/S Anderson Wright under the managing agency system. Tata Steel acquired the Company in 1956 to meet its requirement of metallurgical grade coal for Iron making. Subsequently, in 1976, West Bokaro was made a Division of Tata Steel. In 1974, when coal mines were nationalised, West Bokaro was exempted as it produced coal only for captive consumption of the Steel Works. The coal industry in India is highly regulated with only a few private players allowed to produce coal for captive use in the area of steel, cement and power industry. The business objective of West Bokaro Division is to produce clean coal at optimum cost for captive use in the steel plant of Tata Steel at Jamshedpur. The surplus clean coal produced, if any, are sold in the market after getting due permission from the Ministry of Coal. West Bokaro division is located in a remote socially backward area about 70 kms from Ranchi and 50 kms from Hazaribagh in Jharkand state. The remote location and the social pressure from the surrounding community compels the division to not only establish its own township, civil and healthcare facilities but also maintain good liaison with the district administration for exigencies.

********MAIN PRODUCTS /SERVICES AND DELIVERY MECHANIS**********

The primary product of West Bokaro is the metallurgical grade coal (also called clean coal), for Coke Ovens, which converts coal into coke for use in the Blast Furnaces. The type of coal deposit in West Bokaro is that of medium grade metallurgical coal containing a very high percentage on non-combustible material called “ash”. In order to make it suitable for use in the blast furnace, coal, after mining, is washed in the coal beneficiation plants to lower down the ash content from an average of 36% to 15%. While washing coal, certain secondary products (middlings, tailings, rejects) are also generated, which are taken care of by the Secondary Products Department. It is always the effort of our coal beneficiation plants to maximise the yield of the clean coal since maximum value creation is in producing clean coal. The main product of West Boakro is Clean Coal at 15% ash and it is despatched to Jamshedpur through the rakes supplied by the railways



***********MAJOR TECHNOLOGIES, EQUIPMENTS & FACILITIES ***********

The division has 3 opencast mines and two washeries. The coal from the mines is produced using shovel-dumper combination and other support equipments. The operations and the maintenance practices in the mines are at par with the best in the industry. The coal washeries also use modern technology to produce clean coal. Coal is an exhaustible resource. Hence, as old mines get depleted, investments are needed to open new mines & / or replace old Heavy Earth Moving Machinery. The investments made by the company at West Bokaro are only with the objective of sustaining the requirements of clean coal for its blast furnaces. The key production processes at West Bokaro are Mining (including drilling, blasting, hauling, dumping & allied activities such as road making & pumping), Coal Beneficiation (including sizing & treatment in froth flotation cells and dense media cyclones) and Dispatching (including Ropeways, Overland conveyors & Loading Complex). The process flow chart is given in figure 0.3. The key production processes are supported by Mine planning (using state of the art mine planning softwares such as Minex & Supac), Quality Assurance, Power Engineering, Engineering Shops and other Services including Garage & Water Supply. The Division also maintains its Township & medical facilities, including a Hospital and dispensaries



Ghato is also known as West Bokaro. This place is situated in 28th state of India In Jharkhand state. This is small but very beautiful place like heaven. This city is maintained by TATA STEEL. Ghato provide raw material as a coal for TATA STEEL. some Remarkable point of Ghato:
* Banjee village : 7th richest village of Asia.
* Housing Flying over : the road just down of this ,highest maintenance cost of road in Asia.
*Ghato's pipe conveyor is the longest pipe conveyor in Asia
* STATE BANK OF INDIA: Ghato Branch : largest money transaction bank

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