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Kakri Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
---|---|---|
Kakri Coal Mine | Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India | 24.1709, 82.7562 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
---|---|---|---|
Operating | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3[1] | 2.26[2] | 2022[2] | Surface | Open Pit | – | 50* | 683* |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6.08 | – | – | Sonbhadra | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
North Eastern 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
The Kakri coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by Northern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a capacity of 3 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India.[3] Northern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Kakri mine.
- Sponsor: Northern Coalfields Limited[3]
- Parent company: Coal India
- Location: Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Coordinates: 24.1762, 82.7528 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 2 MTPA
- Reserves: 6.08 Mt (Proven and Probable) [4]
- In service:
- Permits:
- Coal type:
- Mining method: opencast[3]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/NCL_0hr674y.pdf.
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(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Northern Coalfield Limited, Kakri Expansion, accessed August, 2007.
- ↑ Government of India Ministry of the Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, "Mining Plan for Kakri Opencast Project", Forest Clearance website, Accessed May 2021