Kuya Coal Mine

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

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kuya Coal Mine	Jharkhand, India	23.7363, 86.4498 (exact)

The map below shows the exact 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
–	2.65	2022	Underground	–	–	300*	1197*

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
72.266	–	–	Dhanbad	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd	Coal India	India

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

Background

Cluster 8 (BCCL) is a group of ten underground and opencast coal mines operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a combined capacity of 5.6 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

The operating mines include: Bastacola mines, Bera mines, Dobari, Ghanoodih, Kuya mines, Kujama. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 8 coal mines.

• Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
• Coordinates: 23.757283, 86.43476 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: Bastacola mines (0.43 MTPA), Bera mines (0.33 MTPA), Dobari (0.24 MTPA), Ghanoodih (1.2 MTPA), Kuya mines (2.6 MTPA), Kujama (0.6 MTPA).
• Reserves: 72.3 million tonnes
• In service:
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: underground and opencast

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