Gayatri Coal Mine

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Gayatri Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gayatri Coal Mine Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India 23.1097, 82.9051 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 2003[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
0[2] 0.187[1] 2022[1] Underground Bord and Pillar[3] 5.1[3] 300* 879*

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
14.3[3] 2021[3] 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 Gayatri Underground Coal Mine Project of 0.30 MTPA on a mining lease area of 507.472 ha in Bisrampur coal block operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited is located in village Getra, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja, State Chhattisgarh, India. The project received environment clearance on 27 November 2002.[4] However, the project needs revalidation of its environment clearance as per the revised guidelines of the MoEF&CC, India.[5]

The Rehar coal block is divided in two blocks, Rehar East known as Rehar coal mine and Rehar West (Mani & Jogi) known as Gayatri coal mine.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240718170048/https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/FINAL_BISHRAMPUR%2520AREA_GAYATRI%2520UG%2520MINE_EAS22.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/SECL_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20240726173305/https://environmentclearance.nic.in/DownloadPfdFile.aspx?FileName=V%252F%252FSBDk81xZk8ULcSzBT4GfBKjxWkYajcDbnxqUBb1u67lj3He4PuiyG+Qq2B0OKBhdDjbvd+fMqJJj7nsIMHyhx4boVypPZ+wSpHB8d79X1XH4bcQ6%252Fe%252Fb2qBAimfs0CwHzFbJ+KYG3e8ioIcEELw==&FilePath=93ZZBm8LWEXfg+HAlQix2fE2t8z%252FpgnoBhDlYdZCxzXmG8GlihX6H9UP1HygCn3pCkAF2zPFXFQNqA4krKa1Aw==. Archived from the original on 26 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. EC for Gayatri underground coal mine project, MoEF&CC India, 27 November 2002
  5. Minutes of 38th EAC meeting, MoEF&CC India, 27 September 2018