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Balaram Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Hingula, Angul, Odisha, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
---|---|---|
Balaram Coal Mine | Hingula, Angul, Odisha, India[1] | 20.962009, 85.178092 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
---|---|---|---|
Operating[2] | – | 1991[2] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5[3] | 7.06[4] | 2023[4] | Surface | Open Pit[5] | 13.09[6] | 50.0* | 1326[3] |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
67.0[3] | 2022[3] | – | Talcher[7] | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd [100%] | Coal India Ltd [100.0%] | India |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ROM | 2.79[8] | 3.63[8] | 5.23[8] | 6.27[9] | 6.52[8] | 7.74[5] | 7.06[4] |
Expansion/Extension
Table 6: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Project Phase | Added Capacity (Mtpa)* | Start Year |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Proposed[4] | Permitted | Expansion | – | 5 | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
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).[10] The Balaram mine would be a new mine in the region.[11]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://www.mahanadicoal.in/Environment/pdf/EC%20Half%20Yearly/HYC_Oct20-Mar21/Balram%20OCP.pdf.
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(help) - ↑ Coal India, Annual Report 2018-2019, accessed March 16, 2020.
- ↑ Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,Bioprofile of Projects, accessed March 16, 2020