Batura Coal Mine

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Batura Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Anuppur and Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Batura Coal Mine Anuppur and Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India 23.209521, 81.639831 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Project Type Opening Year Closing Year
Proposed Permitted[1] New

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[2] Surface Open Pit 13.88 50* *

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
35.89 39 Sohagpur 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 on Mine

The proposed Batura coal mine project is a cluster of mine including Batura Opecast mine of 3 MTPA and Batura Highwall (a hybrid of opencast and underground mining) mine of 0.675 MTPA on a lease area of 967.473 Ha and 420.975 ha, respectively, to be operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, located in Districts Shahdol and Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India. The projects are part of the Batura coal block Sohagpur coalfields under administrative control of Hasdeo area of SECL.[3][4]

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References

  1. (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Batura%20OC%20Mine%20Six%20monthly%20EC%20Compliance%20Report%20(Oct22-Mar23).pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. http://www.cspm.gov.in/ocmstemp/PROJ_SUMMARY?prcd=N06000233&stat=O. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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