Talcher UG Coal Mine

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Talcher UG Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Angul, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Talcher UG Coal Mine	Angul, Odisha, India	20.962009, 85.178092 (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	–	1928	–

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
0.36	0.36	2023	Underground	Bord and Pillar	–	300*	824*

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
11	2023	–	Talcher	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mahanadi Coalfields Ltd	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 61.83 million tonne-per-annum Talcher coal mines are owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India).

Expansions

The following mines at Talcher are proposed for expansion: Balaram to 15 MTPA and Bhubaneswari to 40 MTPA.

In June 2015 Mahanadi Coalfields floated an online tender seeking participation of interested parties to set up a 10 million tonne (mt) per annum coal washery at Talcher. The washery is to be made functional within 18 months from signing of the contract.

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