Saraipali Coal Mine

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Saraipali Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Budbud, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saraipali Coal Mine	Budbud, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India	22.35732, 82.296358 (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
1.2	2	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	551*

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
32.0	–	51.0	Korba	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd [100%]	Coal India Ltd [100.0%]	India

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	0.05	1.4	1.57	2

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background on Mine

The Saraipalli Opencast Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 1.40 MTPA on a mining lease area of 279 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project received its environment clearance for a capacity of 1.40 MTPA on 21 March 2007.

The work on mine started in 2016 due to delays in receiving forest clearance.

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