Kapurdi Coal Mine

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Kapurdi Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Rajasthan, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kapurdi Coal Mine Rajasthan, India 25.9423, 71.344253 (exact)

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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
4.64[1] 2022[1] Surface Open Pit 50* 636*

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
129 Barmer Lignite Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining [51.00%]; JSW Energy Ltd [49.00%] JSW Energy [49%]; Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining [51%] 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 Kapurdi mine is owned by Barmer Lignite Mining Company, a joint venture established by Raj West Power (49%), a subsidiary of JSW Energy, and Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining (51%) in Barmer, Rajasthan, India.

Barmer Lignite Mining Company was established to operate a lignite mine to supply the proposed 1080 megawatt coal-fired Jallipa Kapurdi power station.[2] On its website Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining previously stated that the company was formed to mine "two contiguous blocks viz Kapurdi and Jalipa in the district of Barmer ... Jalipa and Kapurdi Lignite Mining blocks are situated within 20 kms north of Barmer Town on NH-15 and contain the estimated insitu geological reserve of about 466 million tonnes of lignite."[3] (In a January 2012 investor presentation JSW Energy referred to the two coal blocks being developed as two separate mines, which it refers to as Jalipa mine and Kapurdi mine.)

In the presentation JSW Energy stated that lignite production had commenced at the Kapurdi mine.[4]

  • Sponsor: Barmer Lignite Mining Company[5]
  • Parent company: Raj West Power (49%) (a subsidiary of JSW Energy) and Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining (51%)[5]
  • Location: Barmer, Rajasthan, India.
  • GPS coordinates: 25.9423, 71.344253
  • Status: Operating
  • Production Capacity: 4.50 million tonnes
  • Total Resource:
  • Mineable Reserves: 129.79 million tonnes[5]
  • Coal Type:
  • Mine Size:
  • Mine Type: Surface, Opencast[5]
  • Start Year: 2012[5]
  • Source of Financing:
  • Permits and Applications:

Resources and articles

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125083545/https://www.jsw.in/sites/default/files/assets/downloads/energy/Financial%20Releases/Annual%20Reports/JSW%20Energy%20Limited%20Integrated%20Annual%20Report%202023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. JSW Energy, "Energising India", Investor presentation, January 2012, page 24. (Pdf)
  3. Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining, "Barmer Lignite Mining Company Limited", Rajasthan State Minerals and Mining website, accessed January 2012.
  4. JSW Energy, "Energising India", Investor presentation, January 2012, page 27. (Pdf)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 India gives nod to JSW Energy's Kapurdi expansion, Asian Power, September 30, 2014

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