Behraband Coal Mine

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Behraband Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Behraband, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Behraband Coal Mine Behraband, Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India 23.282233, 82.093922 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1993

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
0[1] 0.56[1] 2022[1] Underground 7.7 300* 698*

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
51[2] 2022[2] 152.05 Sohagpur Subbituminous 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 Behraband coal mine project is an underground mine with a capacity of 0.60 MTPA on a lease area of 770.13 Ha operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, located in village Behraband, Tehsil Bijuri, District Anuppur, Madhya Pradesh, India. Behraband mine Block is located in the eastern part of Sohagpur coalfield in the Anuppur district of Madhya Pradesh.[3]

Behraband North Extn coal mine was allocated to IIL, however, was later cancelled and mired in legal controversies. The mine was further listed for allocation, but not yet allotted. The mine has a reserve of 174.87 MT[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240121010335/https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Six%20Monthly%20EC%20Compliance%20of%20Behraband%20UG%20Mine%20%28Period%20from%20Jan%202022%20to%20Jun%202022%29.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  4. Panel to examine application for the allotment of 7 coal blocks, Business Standard, 1 November 2016