Penganga Coal Mine

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Penganga Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wirur, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Penganga Coal Mine	Wirur, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India	19.862222, 79.139166 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2015	–

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
6.3	6.3	2022	Surface	Open Pit	7.8	50*	941*

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
12.46	2022	–	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

The Penganga Opencast mine is a 4.5 Million ton per annum capacity mine located in Wirur village, Korpana tehsil in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. It is owned by Western Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India). It is mainly going to cater thermal plants of MSEB, which supply electricity to Vidarbha. Most of the land involved in the area for the proposed mine is agricultural land which comprises of black cotton soil. The proposed project requires a diverting of 46.04 Ha of forest land.

The Public Hearing for the project was held on 3 March 2012 and Environemtn Clearance was granted on 31 January, 2013. The Project will displace 404 families from Wirur village which is to be relocated to a new site (under mutual agreement & consent and as per CIL’s R&R policies).

Penganga Opencast mine is proposed for expansion from 4.5 MTPA to 6.3 MTPA in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra, south of the Mungoli OC mine in Maharashtra state, India.

Threats to Wildlife

The proposed mining area falls in the wildlife corridor between Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve, Tipeshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Painganga Wildlife Sanctuary, Chaprala Wildlife Sanctuary in Maharashtra and Kawal Tiger Reserve in Andhra Pradesh. In the notification issued by Government of Andhra Pradesh dated 10th April 2012 it was stated, ‘The main objective for the declaration of Kawal Tiger Reserve is "To protect, restore, manage and maintain representative biodiversity of Deccan plateau of Sahyadri Mountain Ranges along with ecological processes and conservation of wild genepool with focus on Tiger and to accommodate the viable spill over population by restoring the corridor with Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve and protect and manage the catchment of Godavari River." The proposed expansion of coal will further disturb the already fragmented corridor area, thereby impacting the movements of wildlife.[1]

Expansion Details

• Status: Granted
• Size of Expansion: 4.5 MTPA to 6.30 MTPA on 763.06 ha
• Permits and Applications: Environmental Clearance for expansion in production capacity from 4.50 MTPA to 6.30 MTPA, India MoEF&CC, 11 January, 2019 for one year; Environmental Clearance Validity for expansion in production capacity from 4.50 MTPA to 6.30 MTPA extended for 30 years or life time of the mine, MoEF&CC India, 26 December, 2019

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