Ramagundam II Coal Mine

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Ramagundam II Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Telangana, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ramagundam II Coal Mine Telangana, India 18.6782, 79.5406 (approximate)

The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 2010[1]

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
4[2] 2.41[2] 2022[2] Surface Open Pit 22.56[1] 250[1] 964*

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
77.8[1] 2023[1] 116[1] Peddapalli Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
The Singareni Collieries Co Ltd[3] Government of Telengana [51%]; Government of India [49%] 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 Ramagundam-II Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 4.5 MTPA. It operated by Singareni Collieries Company Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, on an area of 2252 Ha.[4]

The project received its first environment clearance on 10 January 1992, however, not much infromation is available on the production data and capacity from then.[5]

The project further received environment clearance for Ramagundam Opencast -II Coal Mine Extension Project leading to an increase from 2 MTPA capacity of 4.5 MTPA and an increase in mining area from 453.65 Ha to 2255 Ha on 27 April 2010.[6]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122235532/https://scclmines.com/env/docs/ECS/200161.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-12/srn-oct-2023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://scclmines.com/scclnew/our-business_products-and-services_coal-grades.asp. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. EC compliance report, October 2018 - March 2019, SCCL
  5. Environment Clearance for Ramagundam Opencast -II Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 10 January 1992
  6. Environment Clearance for Ramagundam Opencast -II Coal Mine Extension Project to 4.5 MTPA, MoEF&CC India, 27 April 2010