Amera Coal Mine

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Amera Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Amera, Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amera Coal Mine	Amera, Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India	23.065899, 83.049535 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Announced	New	2025 (planned)	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
1	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	6.68	50*	*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
22.42	–	–	Lakhanpur	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd	Coal India	India

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background on Mine

The Amera Opencast Coal Mine Project is sited on a mining lease area of 668.184 ha. The project received its environment clearance for a capacity of 1 million tonnes per annum on 22 February 2005.

The mine proposed an expansion in 2015 but there have been no public statements regarding those developments and it was likely shelved and now cancelled.

According to SECL's annual report in 2022, Project is delayed due to delay in possession of land. Villagers resisting in disbursement of land compensation. 38% disbursement of compensation has been completed. The Project is likely to be completed in 2025-26.

Expansion Details

• Status: Cancelled
• Size of Expansion: 2.0 MTPA
• Permits and Applications: Form 1 for Environment Clearance for Expansion of Amera Opencast Coal Mine Project from 1.0 MTPA to 2.0 MTPA, CPMDI, April 2015

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