Hyderabad, Aug. 6 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramaraka on Thursday, August 6, visited the Caterpillar and Komatsu mining equipment manufacturing centres in Arizona and Texas as part of his United States tour.

He was accompanied by senior officials of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) and GMMCO Ltd.

In Arizona, the delegation reviewed live demonstrations of Caterpillar's latest heavy earth-moving and mining equipment, including autonomous and tele-remote operated machinery, and discussed operator training and safety systems relevant to opencast coal mining operations.

At the Komatsu facility, the delegation inspected the manufacturing and assembly of large-scale mining machinery and held discussions ...