Behraband Coal Mine

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Behraband Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Behraband, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Behraband Coal Mine	Behraband, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India	23.282233, 82.093922 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1993	–

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
0.6	0.56	2022	Underground	–	7.7	300.0*	619*

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
51.0	2022	152.0	Sohagpur	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern 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	–	–	–	–	0.42	0.56	–

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 Behraband coal mine project is an underground mine with a capacity of 0.60 MTPA on a lease area of 770.13 Ha operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, located in village Behraband, Tehsil Bijuri, District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Behraband mine Block is located in the eastern part of Sohagpur coalfield in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh.

Behraband North Extn coal mine was allocated to IIL, however, was later cancelled and mired in legal controversies. The mine was further listed for allocation, but not yet allotted. The mine has a reserve of 174.87 MT

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