Chakla Coal Mine

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Chakla Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Chakla, Latehar, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chakla Coal Mine Chakla, Latehar, Jharkhand, India 23.733245, 84.816684 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Project Type Opening Year Closing Year
Proposed[1] Pre-Permit New 2025-2026[1]

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] Surface Open Pit 8.63 50* *

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
37 North Karanpura Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Hindalco Industries Ltd Hindalco Industries Ltd [100%] India

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

Background on Mine

The Indian government auctioned the Chakla coal block in November 2020 with Hindalco, a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group, placing the winning bid. The block was previously allocated to Essar Energy.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125064029/https://www.hindalco.com/upload/pdf/hindalco-annual-report-2022-23.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)