Balaram coal mine
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The Balaram coal mine is a mine, operated by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India on the Talcher coalfield in Angul, Odisha state, India.[1][2][3]
The mine had plan for a 7 million tonne expansion to increase capacity to 15 million tonnes per annum. But in response to a right of information request in 2021, the mine is not listed by the Government of India as an active new mine project. It is presumed shelved.[4]
Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine, in Angul, Odisha, India with the Bharatpur mine, nearby, in the center of the frame.[5]
Background on Mine
The 61.83 million tonne-per-annum Talcher coal mines are owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India).[3] The Balaram mine would be a new mine in the region.[1]
Mine Details
- Sponsor: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited[6]
- Parent company: Coal India
- Location: Angul district, Odisha state, India
- Coordinates: 20.962009, 85.178092 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production:5.234 Million tonnes (2020)
- Capacity: 8 million tonnes per annum (with 7 million tonnes per annum proposed expansion that is likely shelved)[1]
- Reserves: 756.37 million tonnes[7]
- In service:TBD
- Permits:
- Coal type: Lignite
- Mining method: Surface and Underground
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,Bioprofile of Projects, accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Coal India, MCL Annual Report 2017-2018,accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coal India, Annual Report 2018-2019, accessed March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Government of India, Ministry of Coal, Question No. 35 - "Opening of new Coal Mines", February 3, 2021
- ↑ Bioprofile of Projects, MCL website, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 2013-14 Annual Report, pp. 20-21.
- ↑ Coal Directory of India 2012-13, Ministry of Coal, 2014, p. 2.11.
