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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)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[2] 1991[2]

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
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

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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

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.
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

  1. (PDF) https://www.mahanadicoal.in/Environment/pdf/EC%20Half%20Yearly/HYC_Oct20-Mar21/Balram%20OCP.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://scclmines.com/TestFold/EnvDocs/2023002.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 (PDF) https://ospcboard.org/wp-content/plugins/hearing/uploads/files_1654602227_304827313.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240613224926/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-05/srn-march-2024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (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)
  6. (PDF) https://mahanadicoal.in/Environment/pdf/MCL%20MT5%20Report%202023-Revised.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. (PDF) https://coal.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/31-01-2024-iclp.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 (PDF) https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/Minutes/0403202379611075MoM40thEACMeetingheldon16&17February2023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2022-05/srn-march-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. Coal India, Annual Report 2018-2019, accessed March 16, 2020.
  11. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,Bioprofile of Projects, accessed March 16, 2020