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Basantimata Coal Mine

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Basantimata Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Basantimata Coal Mine Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India 23.730779, 86.756071 (exact)

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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
0.55[1] 2023[1] Underground 4.17[2] 300.0* 675*

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
Jharia Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd [100%][3] 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 1.53[1] 0.78[1] 0.82[1] 0.78[4] 0.62[1] 0.55[1]

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

Basantimata Coal Mine is an underground mine operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.[5]

The mine is part of Cluster No. 16 (BCCL) coal mines.[5] Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 16 coal mines.[5]

  • Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited[5]
  • Parent company: Coal India
  • Location: Mugma, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • Coordinates: 23.730779, 86.756071 (Exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: 0.21 million tonnes per annum[5]
  • Production: 0.78 million tonnes (2020)
  • Reserves:
  • In service:
  • Permits:
  • Coal type:
  • Mining method: Underground[5]
  • Source of financing:

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 (PDF) https://www.bcclweb.in/EC%20Compliance%201st%20October%202023%20to%2031st%20March%2024/Cluster-XVI-march'24.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.bcclweb.in/Environment%20Clearance/ECXVI.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240904180517/https://www.bcclweb.in/newpdfs/CV_area.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 04 September 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/srn-march-2023_0.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Paryavaran Bhawan,Cluster XVI, Ministry of Environment, Forests, & Climate Change, February 6, 2013.