IDL commissions bulk explosives silo plant in West Bengal
IDL Explosives has commissioned a new bulk explosives silo plant in West Bengal to support mining operations for Coal India subsidiaries. The facility aims to improve safety and supply chain efficiency by converting emulsion matrix into explosives only at the point of use.
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Demonstrates industrial expansion in the mining sector and the adoption of safer, just-in-time manufacturing technologies.
IDL commissions bulk explosives silo plant in West Bengal HYDERABAD IDL Explosives (IDL), a group company of the Hyderabad-based Apollo Micro Systems, has commissioned a bulk explosives silo plant with a capacity of 9,000 MT near Asansol, West Bengal. The Bolkunda Silo Unit, new facility spread over 8.4 acres, expands IDL’s national network of bulk explosives plants and silos, and strengthens the company’s capacity to service the long-term bulk explosives orders secured from Coal India subsidiaries earlier this year, Apollo Micro Systems said. Located in the heart of the eastern coal belt and the central coal belt, the facility and positions IDL to serve the mining operations of Eastern Coalfields, Central Coalfields and other customers in the region with site-mixed bulk explosives, produced and delivered safely at the mine head.
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