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The Tawa coal mine is operated by Western Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, near village Hirapalli, Tehsil Ghoradongri, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India.[1]
In response to a right of information request in 2021, the Tawa III mine is listed by the Government of India as an active new mine project.[2]
Location
The map below shows the location of the mine.
Background on Mine
The mine is an underground operation with a designed capacity of 0.6 MTPA on a lease area of 520 Ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India.[1] The coal is primarily for use for Satpura Thermal Power Station after the exhaustion of the Pathakhera underground mines which supplied the coal to the plant before.[3]
Mine Details
- Sponsor: Western Coalfields Limited
- Parent company: Coal India Limited
- Location: village Hirapalli, Tehsil Ghoradongri, District Betul, Madhya Pradesh, India
- GPS coordinates: Latitude 22.137615, Longitude 78.170928
- Production Capacity: 0.60 MTPA[1]
- Totl Resource:
- Extractable Reserves: 6.683 MT[3]
- Coal Type: Non-coking, Grade D[3]
- Mine Size: 520 Ha[1]
- Mine Type: Underground
- Start Year: 2006-07[3]
- Status: Operating
- Source of Financing:
- Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for Tawa underground coal mine project, MoEF&CC India, 4 February 1994 ; Environment Clearance for expansion of Tawa underground coal mine project, MoEF&CC India, 2 August 2006
Expansion Details
- Status: Proposed
- Size of Expansion: 0.8 MTPA
- Permits and Applications: Meeting Minutes of 37th EAC of MoEF&CC India, 27 September 2018
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Environment Clearance for expansion of Tawa underground coal mine project, MoEF&CC India, 2 August 2006
- ↑ Government of India, Ministry of Coal, Question No. 35 - "Opening of new Coal Mines", February 3, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Project report for Tawa-III mine, MoEF&CC India, May 2010