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Amlai Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Amlai, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amlai Coal Mine Amlai, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India 23.167675, 81.59593 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

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
1.5[1] 2.03[1] 2022[1] Underground[2] 7.24 300* 1337*

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
11.29 Sohagpur 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

In 2003, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India proposed the Amlai/New Amlai Underground Coal Mine Project operated with a capacity 0.45 million-tonnes-per-annum. The mine had an area of 724 Ha is in the village of Amlai.

A public hearing for the project was conducted by the State Pollution Control Board on 30th August, 2003 and the environment clearance was granted on 9 June 2006.[3]

The Project area involved 383 ha of forest land, which is reportedly yet to be diverted for non- forestry purposes, as mandated under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.

The mine was temporary closed on 20th September, 2011 due to exhaustion of coal reserves. Accordingly, revalidation of the said environmental clearance is required not for coal mining operations but to implement the Mine Closure Plan.[4]

Yet in 2020, the mine remained productive according to the Ministry of Coal.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/EC/2013_7_17_Jul_2013_1211270201Amlai-NewAmlaiUGECletter.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environment Clearance for expansion of Amlai/New Amlai Underground Coal Mine Project to 0.45 MTPA, MoEF&CC India, 9 June 2006
  4. Minutes of the 44th EAC meeting, MoEF&CC India, 25 April 2019