Bellora-Naigaon Coal Mine

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Bellora-Naigaon Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Wani area, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bellora-Naigaon Coal Mine Wani area, Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India 19.976764, 79.088501 (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
1[1] 0.941952[1] 2022[1] Surface Open Pit 50* 420*

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
Wardha Valley Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Western Coalfields Ltd[2] 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 Bellora-Naigaon coal mine is owned by Western Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. This project is an expansion of the already operating project Naigaon OC Expansion project on 398.66 ha, Environment Clearance (EC) for which was granted on 2 February 2009. The new proposal is to expand the area from 398.66 ha to 626.17 ha and a depth of 170 mts. to achieve the peak capacity of 1.25 MTPA. The EC for the expansion was granted on 6 March, 2012.[3]

The mine produce no coal in 2020.

Expansion Details

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125232230/http://www.westerncoal.in/images/env_statement_2021-22.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240723001427/http://www.westerncoal.in/images/grade_2021_22.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environmental Clearance for expansion in production capacity upto 1.25 MTPA, MoEF&CC India, 6 March, 2012