Gokul Coal Mine

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Gokul Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Piraya, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gokul Coal Mine	Piraya, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India	20.6697222, 79.29638889 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2017	–

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
1.875	1.88	2022	Surface	Open Pit	7.56	50*	687*

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
15	–	–	Umrer Nand Bander	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Western Coalfields 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 on Mine

The Gokul Opencast Expansion Project of 1.875 MTPA on ML area of 756.92 Ha is located in Village Piraya, Tehsil Bhivapur, District Nagpur in the State of Maharashtra, India. The main consumers of the mine are thermal plants of MAHAGENCO and miscellaneous consumers.

The Gokul opencast mine project first got an environment clearance for 1.0 MTPA on a mining lease (ML) area of 767.17 Ha vide letter EC J-11015/1001 /2007- IA.II(M)on 7 January, 2011.. The Gokul OCP further got environment clearnce for its expansion to 1.875 MTPA over an amended ML of 756.92 Ha on 13 February 2017 vide letter No.J-1 1015/1001 /2007-IA.II(M) from MoEF&CC. The terms of the EC were further revised on 10 January 2018 by the MoEF&CC India vide letter no J-11015/1001/2007-IA.II(M).

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