Cluster No. 12 (ECL)

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Cluster No. 12 is a group of underground and opencast coal mines operated by Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, with a combined capacity of 27.16 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in the Raniganj Coalfield in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.

The largest mine is the Sonepur Bazari opencast, which produces 8 million tonne-per-annum.

Other operating mines include: Pandaveswar mines, Dalurban mines, Manderboni, South Samla, Purushottampur, Madhaipur mines, Nutandanga, Kendra, Samla mines, Kumardihi, Nakrakonda mines, Kumardihi B, Jhanjra, Tilaboni, Shyamsundarpur, Bankola mines, Kottadih, Kumardihi mines, Manderboni Extension/Rangamati.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the Cluster No. 12 coal mines, in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.

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Background

Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Cluster 12 coal mines.

Mine Details

• Sponsor: Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Parent company: Coal India
• Location:
• Coordinates: 23.695257, 87.231230 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: Pandaveswar underground (0.14 MTPA); Pandaveswar opencast (1.20 MTPA); Dalurban mines (0.25 MTPA), Manderboni (0.13 MTPA), South Samla (.08 MTPA, Purushottampur (1.00 MTPA), Madhaipur mines (.76 MTPA), Nutandanga (0.10 MTPA), Kendra (0.06 MTPA), Samla mines (0.70 MTPA), Sonepur Bazari (8.00 MTPA), Kumardihi (0.20 MTPA), Nakrakonda B open cast (1.00 MTPA), Nakrakonda B B opencast (0.54 MTPA), Kumardihi B Opencast Patch (0.10 MTPA) , Jhanjra (3.50 MTPA), Tilaboni (1.86 MTPA), Shyamsundarpur (0.50 MTPA), Bankola mines (0.60 MTPA), Kottadih mines (4.00 MTPA), Kumardihi mines (1.20 MTPA), Manderboni Extension/Rangamati A (0.0855 MTPA), Manderboni Extension/Rangamati B (0.48 MTPA).
• Reserves:
• In service: operating
• Permits:
• Coal type:
• Mining method: underground and opencast
• Source of financing:

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