Gare Palma IV 1 Coal Mine

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Gare Palma IV 1 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 IV 1 Coal Mine	Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India	22.11866, 83.53358 (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
–	3.45	2022	Surface	Open Pit	8.85	119	678*

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
141	–	–	Mand Raigarh	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Jindal Steel & Power Ltd	Jindal Group	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 million ton-per-annum Gare Palma-IV coal mines consist of eight blocks (and possibly more that have yet to be allocated). In February 2015, following scandals about government auctions of coal blocks, all eight blocks were re-auctioned.

Block 1

Block 1 is a 6 million tonne underground mine with 141 million tonnes of reserves. In 2019-2020, it produced 0.76. After the coal auction in 2020, it was reallocated to it's previous owner Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL), a private subsidiary of the Jindal Group.

Back in February 2015, JSPL had been outbid by Bharat Aluminium Company, but in March 2015 the coal ministry, arguing that this bid was too low, granted the lease to Coal India instead (along with Blocks 2 & 3).

Blocks 2 & 3

These are a combined 6.9 MTPA surface & underground mine with 187.19 MT of mineable reserves. It was previously allocated to Jindal Steel & Power on 964.65 ha. In February 2015 JSPL won renewed rights at auction, but in March 2015 the coal ministry, arguing that this bid was too low, granted the lease to Coal India instead (along with Block 1). JSPL sued, and a court granted interim relief to JSPL while the lawsuit moved forward. In 2022, the mines were reauctioned; the successful bidder was the Jindal Group.

Block 4

This is a 1 MTPA surface/underground mine with 39 MT of reserves. It was previously allocated to state-owned Jayaswal Neco Industries (JNIL). Hindalco Industries won the block at auction in February 2015.

Block 5

This is a 1 MTPA underground mine with 99 MT of reserves. It was previously allocated to Monnet Ispat & Energy, a subsidiary of the Monnet Group. Hindalco Industries won the block at auction in February 2015.

Block 6

This is a proposed 4 MTPA surface/underground mine with 158 MT of reserves. It was previously allocated to Jindal Steel & Power, but has not yet been mined. The mine was removed from auction in February 2015 for further study.

Block 7

This is a 1.2 MTPA surface mine with 60 MT of mineable reserves. After the 2020 coal auctions, it was reallocated to its previous owner Sarda Energy & Minerals (SEML). Back in February 2015, Monnet Ispat & Energy won the block at auction, beating out 14 other bidders, the most of any coal block at Gare Palma-IV.

In 2022, the mine was operating.

Block 8

This is a proposed 1.2 million tonnes per annuam surface/underground mine with 98 million tonnes of reserves. It was previously allocated to Jayaswal Neco Industries, but has not yet been mined. Ambuja Cements, a subsidiary of Swiss company Holcim, won the block at auction in February 2015. Ambuja says they plan to begin mining by 2018. The project received environmental permits in 2019 and as of 2020 appears to be operating, producing 0.4 million tonnes.

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