Nawrozabad Coal Mine

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Nawrozabad Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Nowrozabad, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nawrozabad Coal Mine	Nowrozabad, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, India	23.356253, 80.973834 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1940	–

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
0.45	0.1	2022	Underground	–	12.72	300*	932*

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
14.27	–	19.03	Johilla	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South 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 on Mine

The Nowrozabad West Underground Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 0.45 MTPA on a mining lease area of 1272.163 ha. It is in the Johila coalfield operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project is part of the Nowrozabad colliery operating since 1940s owned by the Rewa Coalfields Limited which got nationalised in 1973 The project has been operating with the consent received from Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution Act) 1974 and Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution Act) 1981 which is valid till 31 July 2020. The project needs to seek Environment Clearance from the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change to continue its operation.

Nowrozabad Colliery compirsed of 4 mining leases was obtained under the MMRD Act 1957 and in 1991 was divided in Nowrozabad East (incline 1,2,3,7&8) and Nowrozabad West colliery (incline 4,5,6,9,10,11&12). As of today only Nowrozabad West incline 11 & 12 are in operation and rest all are closed. The production from Nowrozabad East stopped in 2008-09.

It was further decided by SECL to seek environment clearance for Nowrozabad East and West under one project for continued operation from East and West both sectors.

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