Coal Mining
The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years with early mines documented in ancient china, the Roman empire and other early historical economies. it became important in the Industrial Revolution of 19th and 20th centuries, when it was primarily used to power steam engines, heat buildings and generate electricity.
Coal mining continues as an important economic activity today.
Coal yields a higher amount of energy per unit mass, specific energy or mastic energy and can often be obtained in areas where wood is not readily available. coal mining has had many developments in recent years from the early days of men tunneling ,digging and manually extracting on cart to large open cart and longwall mines.
Method of extraction include :underground mining ,surface mining, strip mining, contour mining.
Coal is mines commercially in over 50 countries the fastest coal production has grown in Asia
BM General Supplier Coal Mining Company in Pakistan’s leading coal producer operating Pakistan’s first open-pit lignite mine area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
With a current annual mining capacity of 7.6 million tons we continue to provide lignite quality coal to power producers in Pakistan.
We are grounded by our long-standing core values of safety and environment stewardship having amassed key national and international awards of excellence.
BM General Supplier is dedicated to market-driven leader in the coal industry and to creating superior long-term integrated value.
