Sindh Engro Coal Mining company (SECMC) is a joint venture company of Government of Sindh and Engro Powergen with an equity participation of 51 and 49 percent respectively.
SECMC is developing open cast Coal Mining and mine mouth power projects at Thar Block II.
The Thar coal field has total lignite reserves of 175 Billion tons which can be utilized to produce 100,000 MW for over 200 years. Whereas in Thar Block II there are 2 Billion ton of Coal reserves which can support 5,000 MW for 50 years. GoS has issued 30
years Mining Lease ( of 95.5 sq.km) to SECMC .
SECMC is developing a mine of 3.5 Mt/a capacity in the first phase of the project , which will support a mine mouth power plant of 2x300 MW.