Tech overhaul to prevent theft
By Samantha James GOVERNMENT-run Coal India is gearing up for a technology overhaul to prevent theft as it prepares for an increase in output to 1 billion tonnes of coal by 2020. The move would bring the largest coal company in the world in line with global mining practices implemented in countries such as the US and Australia. Expected to cost around $52 million (3.5 billion rupees) initially, the upgrade would include GPS tracking of vehicles to check coal theft, as well as electronic fencing of mines, introduction of ICT compliant machinery and enterprise resource planning to collate data from various business units. "This is Coal India's biggest technological overhaul, and its impact would be in billions of dollars,” coal...
