Tikak Colliery

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Tikak Colliery is an operating coal mine in Ledo, Tinsukia, Assam, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tikak Colliery	Ledo, Tinsukia, Assam, India	27.283288, 95.733648 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1986	–

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
–	0.07	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	591*

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
23.7	–	–	Makum	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
North Eastern 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

Tikak coal mines is operated by North Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, near Margherita town, Tinsukia, Assam state, India.

The mine is part of the Makum coal mines cluster. The Makum coal mines are owned by North Eastern Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India).

There are several cancelled and inactive mines in the area, including Baragolai colliery, Jagun opencast mine (0.5 MTPA), and Lekhapani mine (0.25 MTPA).

Noteworthy that mining operations at NEC were halted in 2020 owing to certain environmental issues. NEC presently operates in Tikak Colliery in Margherita with two opencast projects (OCPs) namely Tikak OCP and Tikak Extension OCP with a combined coal production capacity of 04 lakh tonne per annum. In 2022, coal mining operations resumed at Tikak Colliery.

• Sponsor: North Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location: Margherita town, Tinsukia district, Assam state, India
• Coordinates: 27.283288, 95.733648 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 0.07 million tonnes (2020)
• Reserves: 453 million tonnes total for Makum cluster
• In service:
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: Surface
• Source of financing:

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