Ambika Coal Mine

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Ambika Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ambika Coal Mine	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India	22.3527778, 82.33861 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Permitted	New	2024	–

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
1	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	1.34	56	*

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
7.6	–	12.1	Korba	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

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

The Ambika Opencast Coal Mine is a proposed mine operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India. It will produce 1 million tonnes per annum, near village Pali, Katghora Tehsil, Korba District, Chhattisgarh State, India. The Ambika OC coal mine project is an opencast mine to be operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India. It's production capacity is 1 million tonnes per annum (1.35 MTPA peak) on a mine lease area of 134.192 hectares.

The project remains listed as a "new" mine on corporate documents and public hearings were held conducted in 2018.

As of April 2021, the project has received environmental clearance. Rehabilitation and resettlement is currently in-progress, and includes an estimated 440 project affected families across three villages.

• Operator: South Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Owner: Coal India Limited
• Location: Katghora Tehsil, Korba District, Chhattisgarh State, India
• GPS Coordinates: 22.3527778, 82.33861 (approximate)
• Status: Proposed
• Production Capacity: 1 MTPA
• Total Resource: 9.12 million tonnes (MT)
• Mineable Reserves: 7.60 MT
• Coal Type: Non-coking coal, 4725 Kcal/Kg (G-9)
• Mine Size: 1.34 km2
• Mine Type: Opencast
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications:Grant of ToR for the Ambika opencast coal mine project, MoEF&CC India, 23 October 2008; Project summary for Ambika OC coal mine, CMPDI, October 2015

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