Belpahar Coal Mine
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Belpahar Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sundergarh, Odisha, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Belpahar Coal Mine | Sundergarh, Odisha, India | 21.75, 83.8417 (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[1] | – | 1992[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9[2] | 7.51[3] | 2022[3] | Surface | Open Pit | 14.4[4] | 50* | 1024[4] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11.63[1] | 2022[1] | – | Ib Valley | Lignite | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Mahanadi 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
The Belpahar coal mine is operated by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, producing 7.51 million tonnes per annum, in the Ib Valley coalfield in Odisha state, India.[5] [6]
MCL has proposed integrating the mine with two of its other operations to form the Integrated Belpahar-Lakhanpur-Lilari Project. The Belpahar coal mine is a part of the Ib Valley coal mines, owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India).[7]
On 2 January 2015, the mine was granted an expansion to increase its maximum production capacity from 6 MTPA to 9 MTPA.
In 2020, MCL submitted a request to extend the validity of the mine's Environmental Clearance (EC), arguing that their earlier estimation of coal reserves had been underestimated and additional extractable reserves still remained. On 15 January 2021, the (MoEFFC) granted approval to extend the mine's life until 2023.[8]
In 2022, MCL submitted yet another request to extend the validity of the mine's EC, reasoning that the mine had not extracted its maximum coal capacity between 2018 to 2022 resulting in a 6.52 MTPA extraction shortfall. This proposal, which sought to increase the Belpahar mine's life by one year (that is, until 2024) was granted approval in February 2023.[9]
- Sponsor: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
- Parent Company: Coal India
- Location: Bandhabal, Jharsuguda District, Odisha State, India
- Coordinates: 21.75, 83.8417 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 7.51 million tonnes per annum (2020)[10]
- Mineable Reserves: 41.65 million tonnes[11]
- Start Year: 1983
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Mine Type: Surface, Opencast
- Source of Financing:
- Permits:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://scclmines.com/TestFold/EnvDocs/2023002.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/MCL_1.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 (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) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Compliance/0603202164495558101-975BelpaharOCM9MTPA.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,Bioprofile of Projects, accessed March 16, 2020
- ↑ Environmental Clearance, January 2019
- ↑ Mahanadi Coalfields Limited 2013-14 Annual Report, pp. 20-21.
- ↑ in Environment Clearance, MoEFCC, 15 January 2021.
- ↑ of Validity of Environmental Clearance dated 02.01.2015 and 15.01.2021, MoEFCC, 6 February 2023.
- ↑ Sandeep Pai and Hisham Zerriffi, A novel dataset for analysing sub-national socioeconomic developments in the Indian coal industry, IOPSciNotes, 4 January 2021.
- ↑ MCL - COAL RESOURCES/RESERVES AS PER UNFC, April 1, 2011]
