JVR II Coal Mine

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JVR II Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Telangana, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
JVR II Coal Mine	Telangana, India	17.2035206218246, 80.7983315146329 (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	–	2017	2021

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
5	4.76	2020	Surface	–	14.1	100	1073*

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
222.75	2021	309.55	Bhadradri Kothagudem	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
The Singareni Collieries Co Ltd	Government of Telengana [51%]; Government of India [49%]	India

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

Background

The Jalagam Vengala Rao II (JVR II) coal mine is a 5 million-tonnes-per-annum opencast mine, operated by Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in Khammam District, Telangana State, India. The Jalagam Vengala Rao II opencast coal mine lies adjacent to and southwest of the JVR coal mine. The mine's environment clearance was granted in March 2010 for a peak capacity of 5 Mtpa over a lease area of 1359.81 hectares.

• Operator: Singareni Collieries Company Limited
• Owner: Coal India Limited
• Location: Village Komapalli, Mandal Sathupalli, Khammam District, Telangana State, India
• GPS Coordinates: 17.208799, 80.801703 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 5.0 MTPA
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 238.41 million tonnes (2018)
• Coal Type: Non-coking coal, Grade G
• Mine Size: 13.59 km2
• Mine Type: Opencast
• Start Year: 2017
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for JVR OC-II, MoEF&CC India, 28 March, 2010

Project Expansion

In 2018, SCCL proposed a plan to increase JVR OC II's capacity from 5 to 10 million-tonnes-per-annum (Mtpa) by integrating the mine with the neighboring JVR OC I mine site whose coal reserves were depleted in 2021. According to SCCL, the mine merger would facilitate JVR OC II in "sequential/relay dumping and conserving the land requirement for overburden dump." The JVR OC II Expansion Project also includes a proposal to establish a coal wash plant of 4 Mtpa within the project area.

The proposed expansion includes 254.51 million tonnes of mineable coal reserves which would extend the mine's life by 28 years. As of August 2022, the project is still pending approval.

Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: 10 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves: 245.51 million tonnes
• Start Year:
• Permits and Applications: Pre-feasibility report of JVR OC-II Expansion Project, SCCL

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