Hyderabad, July 4 -- State-owned Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), which has so far excelled in coal, thermal, and solar power sectors, should now take up business expansion into the production of critical minerals and rare earth elements and establish itself as a leader in the country, said Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy today.
Speaking on the occasion of signing a preliminary Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between SCCL and the Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre (NFTDC) - a key research and development organisation under the Ministry of Coal and Mines, Kishan Reddy emphasised that public sector companies must now enter the field of critical minerals in line with the evolving needs of the c...