Kharkharee Colliery

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Kharkharee Colliery is an operating coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kharkharee Colliery	Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India	23.777233, 86.239083 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1972	–

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
0.12	0.007	2022	Underground	–	5.82	300*	681*

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
22.54	–	–	Jharia	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal 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

Kharkharee Colliery (also spelled "Kharkhari") was an underground coal mine operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India, in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

Although the Kharkharee UG mine's closure date is unclear, it is no longer operating. Kharkharee mine was part of Cluster No. 15 (BCCL), which also included the Madhuband, Phularitand mine, and Dharmaband mines. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operated the Cluster 15 coal mines.

A major geological fault divided the Kharkharee mine into an area on the northern side of the fault line and an area on the southern side. All mining activities were limited to the northern side.

• Operator: Bharat Coking Coal Limited
• Owner: Bharat Coking Coal Limited (Coal India)
• Location: Mugma, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
• Coordinates: 23.777120, 86.239117 (approximate)
• Status: Retired
• Production: 0.02 million tonnes (2020)
• Reserves: 22.54 MT
• Start Year: 1972
• Mine Size: 5.84 hectares
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Coking)
• Mine Type: Underground
• Source of Financing:

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