TNPSC Thervupettagam

‘Made in India’ e-dumper

December 28 , 2018 2056 days 1531 0
  • Coal India Limited (CIL) for the first time, has started using an indigenously-made, 205-tonne electric dumper, a critical piece of equipment in mining.
  • This indigenously-made dumper has been developed by the state-owned BEML (Bharat Earth Movers Limited).
  • Coal India has put this electric dumper on a trial in the Northern Coalfields’ Amlohri coal mine in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.
  • The current ‘electric dumper’ supply to CIL is dominated by Russia’s Belaz, Tata Hitachi and Caterpillar.

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