Chhendipara Coal Mine

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Chhendipara Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Chhendipada, Angul, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chhendipara Coal Mine Chhendipada, Angul, Odisha, India 21.0758, 84.8769 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Project Type Opening Year Closing Year
Shelved[1] Exploration New

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
40 Surface Open Pit 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
880 Talcher Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Rungta Sons Pvt Ltd Rungta Sons Private Limited India

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

Background

Chhendipara Coal Mine is a coal mine in Angul, the state of Orissa, India.[2] The mine was formerly operated by Maamba Collieries, owned by Coal India. The project was mothballed in 2020 and auctioned in 2023 to Rungta Sons Private Limited.[3]

  • Operator: Maamba Collieries Limited (MCL)
  • Owner: Coal India
  • Location: Angul, the state of Orissa, India
  • Coordinates: 21.0758, 84.8769 (approx.)
  • Mine status: Proposed
  • Start year:
  • Capacity (Mtpa): 40 million tonnes[3]
  • Total reserves (Mt):
  • Coal type: Subbituminous
  • Mine type: Surface
  • Mine size (Km2):
  • Workforce size:
  • Primary consumer:
  • Source of financing:

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References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20240122193541/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/simultaneous-e-auctions-for-other-mining-sites-were-going-on-and-there-was-technical-glitch-sc/articleshow/104530501.cms?from=mdr. Archived from the original on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Sandeep Pai and Hisham Zerriffi, "A novel dataset for analysing sub-national socioeconomic developments in the Indian coal industry", IOP SciNotes, Vol. 2, No. 1, 28 January 2021.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mine Summary of Coal Mines, MSTC Commerce, Coal Block Auctions, accessed February 2023