Bansra Coal Mine

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Bansra Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bansra Coal Mine	Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India	23.642317, 87.139259 (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	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
0.7	0.2	2022	Underground	–	–	300*	674*

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
–	–	–	Raniganj	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
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

Bansra Coal Mine is operated by Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India in the Raniganj Coalfield near Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.

The mine is part of Cluster No. 10 (ECL). Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 10 coal mines, including Bansra.

Cluster No. 10 coal serves eight coal power plants, including the Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Plant, owned by the National Thermal Power Corporation.

• Sponsor: Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location: Asansol, Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India
• Coordinates: 23.642317, 87.139259 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity:0.735 million tonnes per annum
• Production: 0.73 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• In service: Operating
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: Underground
• Source of financing:

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