Chairman and Managing Director of the State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) N. Balram has been appointed as a member of the national-level committee constituted by NITI Aayog to identify, explore and facilitate the production of critical minerals located across various regions of the country.
D.K. Singh, Advisor (Minerals), Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), will head the committee as its chairman. The committee comprises several members representing various industrial sectors.
It has been tasked with identifying at least 10 types of critical minerals that may be found in open-cast mine overburdens, underground mines, fly ash and bottom ash from thermal power plants as well as coal seams, a press release said.
The appointment of SCCL’s CMD as one of the members of the crucial committee comes at a time when the SCCL’s role in accelerating India’s critical mineral initiatives, developing domestic resources and contributing to the goals of Atmanirbhar Bharat is steadily growing.
The SCCL’s proactive approach towards exploration, research, future requirement assessment, and strategic planning in critical minerals has earned it this recognition, the release added.
Published – November 21, 2025 07:14 pm IST
