Vakilpalli Coal Mine

This article is part of the Global Coal Mine Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.

Download full dataset

Report an error

Sub-articles:

Global coal mines Coal mines in China Coal mines in India Coal mines in the United States Coal mines in Australia Coal mines in Russia Coal mines in Indonesia

Related-articles:

Largest coal mines in the world Coal mine impacts from Covid-19 Environmental issues of coal Coal mining Coal reserves Coal terminals

Vakilpalli Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Vakilpalli, Peddapalli, Telangana, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Vakilpalli Coal Mine	Vakilpalli, Peddapalli, Telangana, India	17.4869444, 80.6577777777777 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"500px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":16,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":17.4869444,"lon":80.6577777777777,"icon":"","inlineLabel":"Operating Mine\n"}]}

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1973	–

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
4.5	2.1	2021	Underground	–	2.05	350	1248*

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
2.38	2023	11.17	Godavari	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
The Singareni Collieries Co Ltd	Government of Telengana [51%]; Government of India [49%]	India

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Vakilpalli Mine or GDK-9 Incline Extension Vakilpally Block A Project is located in the village Vakilpalli, Mandal Kamanpur, District Peddapalli in the state of Telangana, India. The Vakilpalli Mine or GDK-9 Incline Extension Vakilpally Block A Project has a designed capacity 0.45 MTPA on a ML area of 205.34 Ha. The project previously worked under the name of GDK 9 Incline extension. In 2006 it was renamed as Vakilpalli mine in the name of local village with the mine take area of 205.34 ha. As the peak production exceeded 0.45 MT (0.63 mt in 2008-09) an application in Form-I for the Vakilpalli extension Underground coal mine for increase in production from 0.45 MTPA to 0.60 MTPA in mine take area of 205.34 ha was made to MoEF on 19.08.2013, for issue of ToR but the proposal was delisted by MoEF&CC vide letter dated 17.12.2013 and State Government was requested to initiate credible action on the violation under Environment protection Act, 1986.

The mine received its initial environment clearance on 14 August 1989.

• Sponsor: Singareni Collieries Company Limited
• Parent company: Coal India Limited
• Location: village Vakilpalli, Mandal Kamanpur, District Peddapalli in the state of Telangana, India
• GPS coordinates: Latitude 17.4869444, 17.5097222 Longitude 80.65777777777778, 80.68333333333334
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.45 MTPA
• Production:0.14763 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Resource: 11.17 MT
• Mineable Reserves: 4.95 MT
• Coal Type: Non-coking coal
• Mine Size: 205.34 Ha hectares
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1973
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance of GDK-9 Incline Project, MoEF&CC India, 14 August 1989

Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Size of Expansion: 0.6 MTPA
• Permits and Applications: Pre Feasibility Report of the Vakilplli MIne, April 2018 SCCL

Articles and Resources

Additional data

To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Mine Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.