Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine

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Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Block II (BOCP) Coal Mine Jharkhand, India 23.75722302, 86.79445561 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

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
4.1[1] 2022[1] Underground & Surface Mixed 60* 708*

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
112 Dhanbad Bituminous Met

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd[2] 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 1[3] 2[4] 3[4] 4[5] 5[6]

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 Block II mines are underground and opencast coal mines operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India in Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India.[7] They are located in Cluster 2.

The mines have a combined capacity of 4.5 million tonnes, but produced only 1.65 million tonnes in 2019. Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 2 coal mines.[7]

  • Sponsor: Bharat Coking Coal Limited[7]
  • Parent company: Coal India
  • Location: Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India
  • Coordinates: 23.781738, 86.227241 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: Block II opencast mine (4 MTPA), Block II underground mine (0.45).[7]
  • Reserves: Block II opencast (102.16 MT), Block II underground (10.63 MT).[7]
  • In service:
  • Permits:
  • Coal type: Bituminous
  • Mining method: underground and opencast[7]

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (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. https://web.archive.org/web/20240723002954/https://www.bcclweb.in/?page_id=6261&lang=en. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2021-05/srn-mar-2021.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2022-05/srn-march-2022.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://coal.gov.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/31-01-2024-iclp.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240613224926/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-05/srn-march-2024.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Paryavaran Bhawan,Cluster II, Ministry of Environment, Forests, & Climate Change, February 6, 2013.