Saunda-D Coal Mine
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Saunda-D Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
---|---|---|
Saunda-D Coal Mine | Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India | 23.659463, 85.337532 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
---|---|---|---|
Operating | – | 1946 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1[1] | 0.169[1] | 2022[1] | Underground & Surface | – | 3.32 | 60* | 389* |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1.14 | – | – | South Karanpura | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
---|---|---|
Central Coalfields Ltd[2] | 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 mine is part of a network called the Barka Sayal coal mines on the South Karanpura coalfield owned by Central Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of Coal India).[3][4] There are numerous surface and underground mines on the South Karanpura coalfield.
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ https://www.centralcoalfields.in/cmpny/areas.php.
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(help) - ↑ Areas, Central Coalfields Limited website, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ Coal Directory of India 2012-13, Ministry of Coal, 2014, p. 2.8.