Gare Palma I Opencast Coal Mine

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Gare Palma I Opencast Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gare Palma I Opencast Coal Mine	Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India	22.11866, 83.53358 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	Stage 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
15	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	57.49	50*	2775

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
1831	2023	–	Mand Raigarh	Subbituminous	Thermal	Wanakbori Thermal Power Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Gujarat State Electricity Corp Ltd	Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam 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 Gare Palma-I coal block, with a capacity of 21 million tons per annum, was auctioned off to Gujarat State Electricity Corporation in March 2015.

As of 2020, the company received environmental clearance for one x 800 MW coal-based supercritical thermal power plant in Gujarat, poentially reviving the project after years of being shelved.

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