Coal India Ltd (CIL) has signed an agreement with BEML Ltd to purchase as many as 15 dumpers up to 400 crore.
Under the purchase pacts signed, CIL will purchase an estimated 7 150 ton dumpers at 150 crore and 8 190 ton dumpers at 250 crore.
Dumpers used in open-cast coal mines play a vital role in the transport of coal and topsoil. "The 150 T dumpers would be deployed on a trial basis in the Gevra opencast project of South Eastern Coalfields Ltd, while four of the 190 T dumpers would be used on a trial basis in the Amlohri and Nigahi OC projects of Northern Coalfields Ltd, which operate from Madhya Pradesh and partly Uttar Pradesh," said the statement.
The duration of the contracts will include the supply of dumpers and spare parts and consumables for a period of eight years.
