New Majri II A Coal Mine

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New Majri II A Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
New Majri II A Coal Mine	Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India	20.119062, 79.032223 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2005	–

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
2.5	1.67	2022	Surface	Open Pit	7.74	50*	574*

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
36	–	38	Wardha Valley	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Western 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

Initially, the New Majri II (A) OC mine was granted Environment Clearance for expansion from 1.0 MTPA capacity to 2.0 MTPA capacity in Mine Lease (ML) area of 432.02 ha by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) on 19th May 2005. Further, Environment Clearance for New Majri II (A) Opencast Coal Mine Expansion Project, for expansion of production from 2.0 MTPA to 2.50 MTPA and ML area from 432.02 ha to 774.538 was granted on 19th May 2009.

The New Majri II (A) Opencast Mine is located near Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and falls in the corridor of Umred Karhandla Wildlife Sanctuary, Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Pench Tiger Reserve, Navegaon Nagzira Tiger Reserve, Melghat Tiger Reserve, Bor Wildlife Sanctuary, and Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary. The mining in the wildlife corridor may lead to increased Human-Wildlife Conflict in the area.

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