Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine

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Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine	Jharkhand, India	23.75722302, 86.79445561 (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
–	4.1	2022	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	60*	708*

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
112	–	–	Dhanbad	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal 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 Block II mines are underground and opencast coal mines operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India. They are located in Cluster 2.

The mines have a combined capacity of 4.5 million tonnes, but produced only 1.65 million tonnes in 2019. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 2 coal mines.

• Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
• Coordinates: 23.781738, 86.227241 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: Block II opencast mine (4 MTPA), Block II underground mine (0.45).
• Reserves: Block II opencast (102.16 MT), Block II underground (10.63 MT).
• In service:
• Permits:
• Coal type: Bituminous
• Mining method: underground and opencast

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