Kakatiya Khani-3 Coal Mine

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Kakatiya Khani-3 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Bhupalpalli, Jayashanker Bhupalpalli, Telangana, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kakatiya Khani-3 Coal Mine	Bhupalpalli, Jayashanker Bhupalpalli, Telangana, India	18.434261, 79.857403 (approximate)

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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
0.48	0.092	2022	Underground	–	2.77	300*	#REF!*

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
–	–	–	Godavari	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

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.294	0.274	0.278	0.252	0.205	0.092	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background on Mine

The Kakatiya Khani-3 Incline Underground coal mine of 0.572 million-tonnes-per-annum capacity spread over 277.70 Ha is located in Village and Mandal Bhupalpalli, District Jayashanker Bhupalpalli, Telangana, India.

The mine initially received its permission to operate with a capacity of 0.3 MTPA and further received an expansion to operate with a capacity of 0.576 MTPA on an area of 277.70 Ha. The environment Clearance for the expansion project was received on 26 July 2007

This project was later converted from Underground to Opencast mine and renamed as Kakatiyakhani Opencast sector-1 Project with an expanded capacity of 1.5 MTPA over an area of 306.92 Ha. The project received its environment clearance from MoEF&CC on 1 May 2008.

This project is part of the cluster of mines operated by SCCL in Bhupalpalli Area in Jayashanker Bhupalpalli district of Telangana State. The project mainly supplies coal to Kakatiya Power Station.

Expansion Details

• Status: Operating
• Size of Expansion: 1.5 MTPA
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for Kakatiyakhani Opencast sector-1 Project expansion from 0.572 MTPA to 1.5 MTPA over an area of 306.92 Ha. MoEF&CC, 1 May 2008

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