Hyderabad, Sept. 4 -- The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has added another feather to its cap by securing prestigious Five-Star Ratings for four of its mines at the national level for the last financial year.

SCCL Chairman and Managing Director N Balram received the awards from union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy at a ceremony held in Mumbai on Thursday.

The award-winning mines include RG OC-1 Extension (Ramagundam-3 Area), JK-5 OC (Yellandu Area), and the underground mines RK-6 and RK-Newtech (Srirampur Area).

Every year, the Ministry of Coal evaluates 84 parameters-including mine performance, safety, environmental initiatives, welfare, and management practices-before granting Star Ratings. Mines scoring over 91 o...