Gondkhari Coal Mine

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Gondkhari Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Gondkhairi, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gondkhari Coal Mine	Gondkhairi, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India	21.180922, 78.912583 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Exploration	New	–	–

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	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	8.62	50*	*

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
–	–	98.71	Kamptee	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd	Adani Power Ltd [100.0%]	India

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 on Mine

Gondhkari Underground Coal Mining Project began as an Underground Coal Mine of the capacity 1 MTPA proposed by M/s Gondhkari Coal Mining Ltd., in Kamptee coalfields, district Nagpur, Maharashtra. The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the proposed project were granted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on 23rd September 2010. .

The mine was inially allotted to Gondhkhari coal mining limited a joint venture of three companies, namely, M/s Maharastra Seamless Ltd, M/s Dhariwal Infrastructure Pvt Ltd and M/s Kesoram Industries Ltd. However, due to non-development of mine the coal block was deallocated and then listed for auction again in January 2020 by Ministry of Coal..

The mine was allowed to Adani Power Maharashtra Limited

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