Ena Coal Mine

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Ena Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ena Coal Mine Jharkhand, India 23.7568, 86.4094 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate 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
2.2[1] 2022[1] Surface Open Pit 1.62[2] 50* 715*

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
Dhanbad Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd[2] 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 1[3] 2[4] 3[4]

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

Cluster 7 (BCCL) is a group of underground and opencast coal mines operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a combined capacity of approximately 5 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.[5]

The operating mines include: Dhansar, Kusunda, Viswakarma, Alkusa, Ena, Rajapur Opencast/ South Jharia (ROCP/SJ), Burragarh, Simlabahal, Hurriladih, Bhutgoria, and Kustore.[5]

The ROCP/SJ project is currently producing more than capacity, at 2.23 million tonnes per annum. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 7 coal mines.

  • Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited[5]
  • Parent company: Coal India
  • Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • Coordinates: 23.773116, 86.399933 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: Dhansar (0.8 MTPA), Kusunda (2 MTPA), Viswakarma (0.7 MTPA), Alkusa (0.15 MTPA), Ena (0.17 MTPA), South Jharia / Rajapur (1.3 MTPA), Burragarh (0.221 MTPA), Simlabahal (0.325 MTPA), Hurriladih, Bhutgoria (0.468 MTPA), Kustore.[5]
  • Reserves:
  • In service:
  • Permits:
  • Coal type:
  • Mining method: underground and opencast[5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240723003547/https://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=6322&lang=en. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://www.nfi.org.in/sites/nfi/files/publication/Working%20Paper%20Jharkhand-Book-11-11-22%20%281%29.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (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)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Bharat Coking Coal Limited, Sixth Month Compliance Report, June 20, 2019.