Bijari Coal Mine

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Bijari Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bijari Coal Mine Raigarh, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India 22.2471, 83.382797 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 2019[1]

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
2[2] 0.76[3] 2022[3] Surface Open Pit 2.73 50* 516*

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
18 21 Mand-Raigarh 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 mine, also known as the Bijari Opencast coal mine, has a designed capacity of 2.25 MTPA. The mine is located on an area of 273.375 Ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India.[4]

A 44-km new railway line in Chhattisgarh under 136 kilometers long East Rail Corridor from Kharsia to Korichapar has become operational in October 2019. This will enable evacuation of coal from Mand-Raigarh and Korba coalfields of South Eastern Coalfields (SECL), the largest coal producing subsidiary of Coal India. SECL has started loading two rakes of coal per day from Bijari, Baroud, and Jampalimines of Mand-Raigarh, which will increase further up to five-six rakes per day, pushing up coal supplies to power stations of Maharashtra and Gujarat. [5]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240116071519/https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/api/v1/newsletter/list?client_id=da46d2e9-b480-4b37-8e4c-26a45d4638cc. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Enviromental%20Audit%20Statement%202021-22%20for%20BIJARI%20OC_%20SECL%20RAIGARH%20AREA.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Six%20monthly%20EC%20Compliance%20Report%20of%20Bijari%20OCP;%20SECL%20Raigarh%20Area%20for%20the%20period%20October%202022%20to%20March%202023.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Environment Clearance for Bijari Opencast coal mine, MoEF&CC India, 10 August 2015
  5. Coal India banks on enhanced evacuation to make up for short supplies, Financial Express, 24 October 2019