Urimari Underground Coal Mine

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Urimari Underground Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Urimari Underground Coal Mine Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India 23.695404, 85.30209 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Mothballed

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
0.01 Underground Bord and Pillar 300* *

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
3.55 South Karanpura Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Central Coalfields Ltd[1] 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).[2][3] There are numerous surface and underground mines on the South Karanpura coalfield.

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References

  1. https://www.centralcoalfields.in/cmpny/areas.php. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Areas, Central Coalfields Limited website, accessed May 2015.
  3. Coal Directory of India 2012-13, Ministry of Coal, 2014, p. 2.8.