Amalgamated Yekona I and II Coal Mines

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Amalgamated Yekona I and II Coal Mines is an operating coal mine in Warora, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amalgamated Yekona I and II Coal Mines	Warora, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India	20.228333, 78.9166666 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2021	–

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
2	2.75	2022	Surface	Open Pit	17	50*	628*

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
58	–	–	Wardha Valley	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Western Coalfields Ltd	Coal India Ltd [100.0%]	India

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	–	–	2	2	2

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

Background on Mine

The Amalgamated Yekona I and II Opencast Coal Mine is a 3.44 million tonne-per-annum mine owned by Western Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. The proposed mining area is the Northern extension of Western limit of Wardha Valley Coalfield and located adjacent to Yekona village which falls in Warora Tahsil of Chandrapur District of Maharashtra State, India. Total area required for the project is 1701.32 Ha. Out of this about 254.15 Ha is acquired for Yekona I OC and 421.70 Ha is acquired for Yekona-II OC. Total 675.85 Ha land is acquired and additional 1025.47 Ha land will be acquired for proposed project. 208 households of Marda village, as per 2011 Census, are to be resettled and rehabilitated as per the R&R policy of Coal India.

Yekona-I opencast coal mine project was granted environment clearance (EC) for production capacity of 0.40 MTPA in a lease area of 265.50 ha on 17 October, 2006. Yekona-II opencast coalmine project was also granted EC for production capacity of 0.60 MTPA in a lease area of 414.56 ha on 17 October 2006. However, the Amalgamated Yekona I and II OCP is yet to receive EC from MoEF&CC. The Public Hearing for the Amalgamated Yekona I & II OC mine (production capacity of 3.44 MTPA (Peak) within area of 1701.32 ha) was conducted successfully by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board at the project site in Warora Tehsil, Chandrapur on 14th June, 2019.

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