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New Akashkinaree Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
New Akashkinaree Coal Mine Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India 23.802565, 86.278261 (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
1[1] 0.53[2] 2022[2] Underground & Surface Mixed 60* 630*

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
17 Jharia Bituminous Met

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd[3] 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

New Akashkinaree coal mine is operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.[4]

The mine is part of Cluster No. 3 (BCCL).[4] Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 3 coal mines.[4]

  • Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited[4]
  • Parent company: Coal India
  • Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • Coordinates: 23.802565, 86.278261 (exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 1.2 million tonnes (2020) [4]
  • Reserves: 17 million tonnes.[4]
  • In service:
  • Permits:
  • Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
  • Mining method: Underground[4]
  • Source of financing:

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References

  1. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122195618/https://www.bcclweb.in/EC%20Compliance%201st%20October%2022%20to%2031st%20March%2023/Cluster-III_EC_compliance.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=6274&lang=en. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Paryavaran Bhawan,Cluster III, Ministry of Environment, Forests, & Climate Change, February 6, 2013.