Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapidhara Coal Mines

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Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapidhara Coal Mines is an operating coal mine in Daldal, Annupur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapidhara Coal Mines	Daldal, Annupur, Madhya Pradesh, India	23.239816, 82.112069 (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
2.16	0.808	2024	Underground	–	10.64	300*	687.9440594*

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
5.671	2022	–	Sohagpur	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

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

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	–	–	–	–	0.54	0.64	0.8*	0.81	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

The Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapildhara Group of Underground Coal Mines is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in the village of Daldal, Tehsil Kotma, District Annuppur, Madhya Pradesh India. The Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapildhara Group of Underground Coal Mines have a designed capacity 3.0 million-tonnes-per-annum, over a combined mining lease area of 1064.054 ha. The boundaries of the two mines are common and they have a common colony. It is to be noted that Sheetaldhara Kurja was granted environment clearance on 5 October 2004 for 0.88 MTPA and Kapildhara UG on 24 November 1998 for 0.24 MTPA. Both the mines together received further clearance for an expanded capacity of 3.0 MTPA on 22 February 2011.

• Sponsor: South Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Parent company: Coal India Limited
• Location: Teshil & District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India
• GPS coordinates: Latitude 23.239816, Longitude 82.112069
• Capacity: 3.0 MTPA
• Production: 0.72 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Resource: 17.80 MT
• Mineable Reserves: 18.15 MT
• Coal Type: Non-coking
• Mine Size: 1064.054 Ha
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for Sheetaldhara-Kurja and Kapildhara Group of Underground Coal Mines, MoEF&CC India, 22 February 2011

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