Amalgamated Keshalpur-West Mudidih (AKWMC) Coal Mine

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Amalgamated Keshalpur-West Mudidih (AKWMC) Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amalgamated Keshalpur-West Mudidih (AKWMC) Coal Mine Jharkhand, India 23.8078, 86.3221 (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
3.14[1] 2023[1] Underground & Surface Mixed 5.8[2] 150.0 744*

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
27.0[3] 2022[3] Dhanbad Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal 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 4.22[4] 3.14[5] 4.18[5] 3.81[1] 3.14[1]

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

Ownership Tree

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Background

Cluster 5 (BCCL) is a group of seven underground and opencast coal mines operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a combined capacity of 4.85 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.[6]

The operating mines include: Mudidih, Bansdeopur, Tentulmari, Sendra Bansjora, Kankanee, and Nichitpur. The Loyabad mine is currently closed.[6] Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 5 coal mines.

  • Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited[6]
  • Parent company: Coal India
  • Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • Coordinates: 23.795532, 86.330604 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: Mudidih (1.553 MTPA), Bansdeopur (0.676 MTPA),Tentulmari (0.795 MTPA), Sendra Bansjora (1.8 MTPA), Kankanee (0.92 MTPA), Nichitpur (0.6 MTPA), Loyabad (0 MTPA).[6]
  • Reserves:
  • In service:
  • Permits:
  • Coal type:
  • Mining method: underground and opencast[6]

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240613224926/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-05/srn-march-2024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) http://coalcontroller.gov.in/writereaddata/files/reports/tp/kwmc.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://scclmines.com/TestFold/EnvDocs/2023002.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2021-05/srn-mar-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2022-05/srn-march-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Cluster V Proposal for Amendment in EC, February 7, 2018.