Amlohri Coal Mine

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Amlohri Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Amlohri, Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Amlohri Coal Mine	Amlohri, Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, India	24.134, 82.593 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	Stage 1	1982	–

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
15	15	2022	Surface	Open Pit	21.75	300	1594*

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
108.35	2022	329	Singrauli	Subbituminous	Thermal	Rihand power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Northern 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	12	13	13	13	14	15	15

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 Amlohri coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by Northern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India. It produces up to 15 million-tonnes-per-annum in Village Amlohri, Tehsil Waidhan, District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh state, India. The Amlohri Opencast Coal Mine is operated by Northern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. The mine lies near the Jayant coal mine and Nigahi coal mine.

In July 2022, a proposal to increase the mine's production capacity from 14 to 15 MTPA over the existing mining lease area was granted environmental clearance (EC). The approval was a part of a special dispensation in which India's Ministry Of Coal requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to consider skipping the public consultation stage of the approval process and granting immediate ECs to coal mining projects requesting expansions up to 50% of their operating capacity within their existing mine lease area. The move is a part of India's push to enhance coal production in order to meet the country’s energy requirement.

• Operator: Northern Coalfields Limited
• Owner: Coal India Limited
• Location: in Village Amlohri, Tehsil Waidhan, District Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh state, India
• GPS Coordinates: 24.134, 82.593 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 15 MTPA
• Total Resource:314.46 MT
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Non-coking coal, Grade 7 & 10
• Mine Size: 2175 Ha
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1982
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance for Amlohri Opencast Expansion Coal Mining Project, MoEF&CC India, 2 September, 2015

Expansion Details

• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 15 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2022
• Source of Financing:
• Permits:

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