Amelia Coal Mine
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Amelia Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia Coal Mine | Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh, India | 24.072448, 82.414011 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | New | 2023[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | – | – | Surface | Open Pit | 11.8 | 50* | 911* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 139 | – | 162 | Singrauli | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| THDC India Ltd[2] | NTPC Ltd [74.5%]; State of Uttar Pradesh [25.5%] | India |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | – | – | – | – | 0[3] | 1[4] |
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
Amelia Coal Mine is a proposed 5.6 million-tonnes-per-annum opencast mine to be operated by THDC India Limited in Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh State, India.[5]
As of August 2022, all necessary clearances for the project have been granted, and the mine is expected to begin operation in 2022.[6][7] THDC India Limited, which is owned by the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited, Ministry of Power, Government of India, operates the Amelia coal mine. The mine will fulfill the fuel requirement of the 1320 megawatt Khurja power station, which is located 856 km from the Amelia Coal Mine via rail.[5]
The Amelia Coal Block was previously allocated to Madhya Pradesh State Mining Corporation Limited, but was re-allocated to THDC India Limited in January 2017.[5]
Mine has been opened on 17.11.2022 and coal production started from 18.02.2023.[8]
- Operator: THDC India Limited[5]
- Owner: National Thermal Power Corporation
- Location: Singrauli District, Madhya Pradesh State, India
- Coordinates: 24.072448, 82.414011 (Approximate)[9]
- Status: Operating
- Capacity: 5.6 million tonnes per annum
- Total Reserves: 162.05 million tonnes[5]
- Mineable Reserves: 139.48 million tonnes[5]
- Coal Type: G9 (Thermal)
- Mine Type: Surface, opencast
- Start Year: 2022 (expected)[5]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://thdc.co.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Report2022-23.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://www.thdc.co.in/sites/default/files/Annual_Report_202122.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-10/17-10-2023a-wn.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240716152817/https://coal.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-06/MoM08042024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Amelia Coal Mine, THDC India Limited website, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ Amelia Coal Mine Status of Work, THDC India Limited website, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ Amelia Coal Mine Project Summary, Government of India Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ THDC Annual Report 2022-2023, THDC India Limited
- ↑ Mining Plan for Amelia Coal Mine, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, dated February 2020.
