The Sharda Highwall Project is Minsol’s flagship mining project. Minsol started operations at the South Eastern Coalfields Sharda Opencast Mine in Sohagpur in 2011 for extracting coal from thin seams (0.9m to 1.5m). As the Highwall technology was new to India, Minsol contracted a reputed American consultant for the highwall mining design. The SECL project at Sharda mine now produces around 800,000 tonnes of coal annually. Operations started at the old, abandoned Sharda O/C mine, targeting thin seams below the existing floor.