Gopalji Kaniha Coal Mine

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Gopalji Kaniha Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Angul, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gopalji Kaniha Coal Mine	Angul, Odisha, India	21.095844, 85.079292 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2010	–

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
14	12.15	2022	Surface	–	7.18	50*	1251*

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
71.09	2022	755	Talcher	Subbituminous	Thermal	Talcher Kaniha power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mahanadi 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

Kaniha coal mine is operated by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India in India.

The mine is part of Talcher coal mines. This opencast coal mine was expanded from 10 MPTA to 14 MTPA in ML area of 718 ha in 2017.

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