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The Medapalli Coal Mine is an opencast mine operated by Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in the village of Meddapalli, Mandal Ramagundam, District Peddapally, State Telangana, India.
According to the Government of India's Ministry of Coal, the mine is scheduled to close in 2022-2023 due to exhaustion of its coal reserves.[1][2]
Location
The map below shows the exact location of the mine in Telangana State, India.
Background
The Medapalli Opencast Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 4.09 MTPA mine on an area of 1171.55 Ha.[3]
The mine received its first environment clearance for a capacity of 1.25 MTPA over the ML area 1171.55 Ha on 22 June 1992 and then received environment clearance for expansion to 4.09 MTPA on 2 July 2008 over the same ML area.[4]
Mine Details
- Operator: Singareni Collieries Company Limited
- Owner: Coal India Limited
- Location: Village Medapalli, Mandal Ramagundam, District Peddapally, State Telangana, India
- GPS Coordinates: 18.79965243, 79.4647633[3]
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 4.09 million tonnes per annum[4]
- Production: 1.084318 million tonnes (2020)
- Total Resource: 71 million tonnes[3]
- Mineable Reserves: 63 million tonnes[3]
- Coal Type: Non-coking coal, Grade 8[3]
- Mine Size: 1171.55 hectares[4]
- Mine Type: Opencast[4]
- Start Year: 1994[3]
- Source of Financing:
- Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for Medapalli Opencast Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 2 July 2008
Expansion Details
- Status: Shelved
- Size of Expansion: 5 MTPA
- Permits and Applications: Summary of Medapalli Opencast Coal Mine Project, 2018, SCCL
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ List of UG mines and abandoned OC mines identified by CIL and SCCL for ash filling, Central Pollution Control Board, 22 April 2021.
- ↑ Proceedings of the Environmental Public Hearing Held for the Proposed Conversion of GDK No.5 Incline Mine Into Opencast..., Telangana State Pollution Control Board, Accessed June 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Summary of Medapalli Opencast Coal Mine Project, SCCL, 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Environment Clearance for Meddapalli Opencast Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 2 July 2008.
