Dinesh (Makardhokra-III) Coal Mine

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Dinesh (Makardhokra-III) Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dinesh (Makardhokra-III) Coal Mine Maharashtra, India 20.8764, 79.2235 (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] 1.13[2] 2022[2] Surface Open Pit 16.36 50* 542*

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
18.92 Nagpur Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Western Coalfields Ltd[3] 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 2[4] 3[4] 4[4] 2[4] 1[4] 3[5] 4[5]

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 Dinesh (Makardokhra-III) opencast mine began operating with a capacity of 3 MTPA on a mining area of 1636.97 ha located in Village Hevti, Tehsil Umrer, District Nagpur, State Maharashtra, India. The mine's main consumers include thermal plants of the Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited (MAHAGENCO) as well as miscellaneous consumers.

The public hearing for the initial project was held in October 2010, and further Environmental Clearance was granted by India's Ministry Of Coal requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in June 2011. Subsequently, an application for expansion was made to the MoEF&CC, which granted further clearance in November 2018 for the capacity of 4.2 MTPA over a mining area of 919.63 ha.[6] The project requires resettlement and rehabilitation of Hevti village, which is in progress, and as of May 2018, 912 jobs were given to the project-affected people.

In May 2022, a proposal to increase the mine's production capacity from 4.2 to 4.52 MTPA over the existing mining lease area was granted environmental clearance (EC). The approval was a part of a special dispensation in which MoEF&CC was asked to consider skipping the public consultation stage of the approval process and granting immediate ECs to coal mining projects requesting expansions up to 50% of their operating capacity within their existing mine lease area. The move is a part of India's push to enhance coal production in order to meet the country’s energy requirement.[7]

Expansion Details

  • Status: Operating
  • Capacity: 4.52 MTPA
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Start Year: 2022
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  1. (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. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/srn-march-2023_0.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (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)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 (PDF) https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Form-1A/Minutes/3001202354986599MoM39thEACmeeting.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. 5.0 5.1 (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)
  6. Environment Clearance Letter for expansion in production capacity from 3 MTPA to 4.2 MTPA, MoEF&CC India, 29 November, 2018
  7. "Ministry Of Coal Requested MoEF&CC To Consider Expansion Of Mine Without Public Consultation Upto 50% Of Their Production Capacity", Orissa Diary, August 1, 2022.