Kakatiya Khani-5 &5A Coal Mine

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Kakatiya Khani-5 &5A 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-5 &5A Coal Mine	Bhupalpalli, Jayashanker Bhupalpalli, Telangana, India	18.433594, 79.858582 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1993	–

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
0.6	0.218	2022	Underground	–	3.17	426	893*

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
8.8	2023	28	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

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 Kakatiya Khani-5 Incline Underground coal mine has a designed capacity of 1.44 million-tonnes-per-annum capacity spread over 516.39 Ha.

The mine initially received its permission to operate with a capacity of 0.6 MTPA over an area of 208 Ha and further received an expansion to operate with a capacity of 1.44 MTPA on an area of 516.29 Ha. The Nevironment Clearance for the expansion project was received on 31 October 2008

This project is part of the cluster of mines operated by SCCL in Bhupalpalli Area in Jayashanker Bhupalpalli district of Telangana State. The coal from this is primarily for the use of Kakatiya Power Station

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