Sarisatolli Coal Mine

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Sarisatolli Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Churulia, Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sarisatolli Coal Mine	Churulia, Burdwan, West Bengal, India	23.799677, 87.045467 (exact)

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

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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
3.5	1.68	2022	Surface	Open Pit	6.7	50*	558*

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
63	–	172	Raniganj	Subbituminous	Thermal	Balagarh power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
RPSG Group	RPSG Group	India

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Sarisatolli coal mine is operated by Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited (CESC), near Churulia in Burdwan, West Bengal, India.

The coal provides power to the Balagarh power station. Sarisatolli coal mine is a operated by Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited (CESC).

• Sponsor: Calcutta Electric Supply Corporation Limited (CESC)
• Parent company:
• Location: Churulia, Burdwan, West Bengal, India
• Coordinates: 23.799677, 87.045467 (exact)
• Status: operating
• Capacity: 3.5 MTPA
• Production: 1.856 million tonnes (2020)
• Reserves: 83 MT (Proven and Probable, 2014)
• Resource: 171.8 Mt (2014)
• In service:
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: surface
• Source of financing:

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