Chapapur II Coal Mine

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Chapapur II Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chapapur II Coal Mine	Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India	23.804826, 86.675476 (exact)

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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
0.6	0.44	2023	Underground & Surface	–	4.8	60.0*	599*

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
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	–	0.33	0.18	0.05	0.19	0.38	0.44

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

Chapapur II mine is operated by Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in the Raniganj Coalfield in Mugma and Nirsha, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

The mines is part of Cluster No. 1 (ECL), a group of 16 mines. Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 1 coal mines. The mines have a history of safety concerns and illegal mining activities.

• Sponsor: Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location: Mugma and Nirsha, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
• Coordinates: 23.804826, 86.675476 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 0.18 million tonnes (2020)
• Reserves:
• In service: Operating
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: Underground
• Source of financing:

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