Bhubaneswari Coal Mine

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Bhubaneswari Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Angul, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bhubaneswari Coal Mine	Angul, Odisha, India	20.961693, 85.160099 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2006	–

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
30	30	2022	Surface	Open Pit	6.4	50*	1007

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
93.92	2022	421	Talcher	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd	Coal India	India

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
Shelved	Announced	Expansion	–	18	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Bhubaneswari coal mine is operated by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India. It produces up to 30 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) on the Talcher coalfield in Angul, Odisha state, India. The 61.83 million tonne-per-annum Talcher coal mines are owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India). The Bhubaneswari mine is part of the cluster.

According to the MCL website, plans to increase the mine's capacity by 19.2 million tonnes were in place. However, in response to a right of information request in 2021, the mine is not listed by the Government of India as an active new mine project, and thus, this project is presumed shelved.

In July 2022, a proposal to increase the mine's production capacity from 28 to 30 MTPA over the existing mining lease area was granted environmental clearance (EC). The approval was a part of a special dispensation in which India's Ministry Of Coal requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to consider skipping the public consultation stage of the approval process and granting immediate ECs to coal mining projects requesting expansions up to 50% of their operating capacity within their existing mine lease area. The move is a part of India's push to enhance coal production in order to meet the country’s energy requirement.

• Operator: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited
• Owner: Coal India
• Location: Angul district, Odisha state, India
• Coordinates: 20.962009, 85.178092 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 20 million tonnes per annum
• Reserves: 364.8 million tonnes
• Coal Type: Lignite
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:
• Permits:

Expansion Details

• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 30 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2022
• Source of Financing:
• Permits:

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