Gare Palma III Coal Mine

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Gare Palma III Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gare Palma III Coal Mine Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India 22.11866, 83.53358 (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[1]

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
3.58[1] 2022[1] Surface[2] 50* 641*

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

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Co Ltd[1] State of Chhattisgarh India

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

Background on Mine

The Gare Palma-III coal block was previously owned by Goa Industrial Development Corporation, but was apparently never mined.[3] The block was reauctioned in March 2015, and was bought by Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Company (CSPGCL).[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (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. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129175020/https://cspc.co.in/cspc/cspgcl/Environment%2520Clearance/Gare-Pelma/EC%2520FC%2520Compliance%2520Oct-21-Mar-22/Envionment%2520complince/Annexure%2520IV%2520-%2520Land%2520Use%2520and%2520Baseline%2520study%2520%25282%2529.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Delhi High Court notice to government on PSU plea against coal block allocation norm, Economic Times, 6 Feb. 2015.
  4. Coal block re-allocation: States, PSUs get back lost mines, Business Standard, 25 Mar. 2015.