Damini Coal Mine

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Damini Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Kandoha, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Damini Coal Mine	Kandoha, Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh, India	23.141744, 81.470502 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2008	–

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	0.28	2022	Underground	–	3.35	300*	780*

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
7.29	2022	–	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 Damini coal mine project is an underground mine with a designed capacity of 0.48 MTPA on a lease area of 335 Ha. The mine is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India.

The project was earlier granted environmental clearance by the MoEF&CC India on 5 October, 2004 and now requires fresh appraisal/approval in terms of the Ministry’s Notification dated 6th April, 2018 for their present mining operations. Public Hearing for the project of 0.48 MTPA for an area of 335 ha was conducted on 12th October, 2001 by the Madhya Pradesh State Pollution Control Board and also consent to operate.

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