# Caterpillar to supply longwall system to Moonidih mine in India

Caterpillar completed an agreement to supply a complete longwall system to BCCL, a subsidiary of Coal India, for the Moonidih XV Seam project in Jharkhand, India. The system will be delivered in early 2019 and aims for production of about 2.5 million metric tonnes of coking coal per year.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-10-11
- Where: Moonidih, Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 2.5 million metric tonnes of coking coal per year
- Products: longwall system, roof supports, armoured face conveyor, beam stage loader, shearer
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md)
- [Caterpillar](https://endata.com/companies/1968.md) (supplier)
- [Coal India](https://endata.com/companies/8901.md) (customer)
- [Bharat Coking Coal Limited](https://endata.com/companies/17758.md) (customer)
- [Tractors India Private Limited](https://endata.com/companies/17762.md) (partner)
- [Indu Projects Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/17763.md) (partner)
- [Singareni Collieries Co Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/17764.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [globalminingreview.com](https://www.globalminingreview.com/mining/11102017/bharat-coking-coal-ltd-orders-cat-longwall-system/), 2017-10-11: "Caterpillar recently completed an agreement to supply a complete Cat® longwall system to Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Ltd."
- [miningmagazine.com](https://www.miningmagazine.com/fleets/news/1331780/cat-longwall-moonidih), 2017-10-11: "Caterpillar recently completed the agreement to supply the longwall system to BCCL, a subsidiary of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India."
- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2017/10/12/caterpillar-longwall-system-moonidih-coal-mine-india/), 2017-10-12: "Caterpillar recently completed an agreement to supply a complete Cat longwall system to Bharat Coking Coal Ltd (BCCL), a subsidiary of India’s largest coal producer, Coal India Limited."

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