VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Mineral Development Corporation (APMDC) achieved yet another milestone as it emerged as the third Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) next to Singareni Collieries and Coal India Ltd for bagging contracts for commercial coal mining in other States. The APMDC, which secured the Suliyari block in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh last year, started commercial coal mining from March 10.
Though the Centre allocated the block to the APMDC in 2007, mining operations did not commence due to various reasons. However, after 2019 the State government focused on coal mining, following which, the APMDC started coal mining from August 2021.
