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Kusmunda Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Kusmunda Coal Mine | Korba, Chhattisgarh, India | 22.332635, 82.666666 (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[1] | – | 1978[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50[2] | 43.5[2] | 2022[2] | Surface | Open Pit | 18.54 | 50* | 2017 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 713.24[1] | 2022[1] | 1105 | Korba | Lignite | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| South Eastern Coalfields Ltd | Coal India | India |
Expansion/Extension
Table 6: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Project Phase | Added Capacity (Mtpa)* | Start Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proposed | Pre-Permit | Expansion | Stage 2 | – | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
The Kusmunda coal mine is an open cast mine complex, operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a capacity of 62.5 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.[3] South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India operates the Kusmunda coal mine, which opened in 1979.
The mine is located in the south-central part of Korba Coalfields, and is a part of Eastern Sector of Jatraj, Resdi, and Sonpuri Blocks.
- Operator: South Eastern Coalfields Limited[4]
- Owner: Coal India
- Location: Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
- Coordinates: 22.332635, 82.666666 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 22.8 Mtpa (2021)[5]
- Total Resource:
- Mineable Reserves: 779.39 MT (2020)[6]
- Coal Type: Thermal G-11[7]
- Mine Size: 1449.864 ha[7]
- Mine Type: Surface, opencast
- Start Year: 1979
- Source of Financing:
- Permits: Environment Clearance for expansion of the Kusmunda Coal Mine, MoEF&CC India, 3 February 2016
Expansion
The mine has rapidly scaled-up capacity since 2009 when the mine produced 10 million tonnes per year.
In February 2014, India's Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change granted environmental clearance (EC) to SECL to expand the mine's capacity from 15 MTPA to 18 MTPA.[8]
In 2015, SECL put forth another proposal to expand the capacity of the mine (despite reports that the mine was already operating above capacity without an appropriate EC), and in February 2016, the project was granted EC to expand capacity from 18.75 MPTA to 26 MTPA.[9]
In December 2017, in an effort to "meet the country's demand for coal," SECL again applied for an expansion to nearly double the production from 26 MTPA to 50 MTPA (normative) and 62.5 MTPA (peak). The government granted permission in July 2018 amidst protests. An additional mine lease area of 1127.588 hectares would be required for this expansion, thus bringing the Kusmunda mine's total land to 3510.348 hectares.[4] This project is planned to occur in two stages: during phase I, mining will increase over the existing land area of 1655.825 hectares, whereas during phase II, mining will increase over additional forest land.[4] According to SECL's 2019-20 Annual Report, phase I is already operating, and the mine's production capacity has increased from 40 MTPA to 62.5 MTPA.[10] However, phase II isn't yet fully operational due to a pending forest clearance for approximately 44 more hectares of the requested forest land.[8]
In January 2020, the environment ministry approved the above proposal of mine expansion for another 30 years.[8]
Expansion Details
- Status: Phase I, Operating; Phase II, Proposed
- Capacity: 22.5 MTPA
- Mineable Reserves:
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://scclmines.com/TestFold/EnvDocs/2023002.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/SECL_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ India clears ten coal projects and introduces new coal mining law, Mining Technology, January 9, 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 South Eastern Coalfields Limited, Executive Summary for Environmental Impact Assessment of Proposed Kusmunda Open Cast Expansion Project, accessed February 28, 2020
- ↑ 35th Annual Report 2020-21, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ Environmental Audit Statement for 2019-20 for Kusmunda OC Project, South Eastern Coal Limited, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Environment Clearance for expansion of the Kusmunda Coal Mine, MoEF&CC India, 3 February 2016
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "MoEFCC Grants Multiple Extensions to Kusmunda Mine in Chhattisgarh despite Public Opposition", Land Conflict Watch, Sept. 26, 2016.
- ↑ Half-Yearly Compliance of Environmental Clearance Kusmunda OCP, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ 34th Annual Report 2019-20, South Eastern Coalfields Limited, accessed August 2022.
