Gevra Coal Mine

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Gevra Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gevra Coal Mine	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India	22.336312, 82.545748 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1981	–

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
49	52.5	2022	Surface	–	40	50*	2388*

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
318.23	2022	–	Korba	Subbituminous	Thermal	Korba Super Thermal Power Station (NTPC)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd	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	41	42	45	40	41	52	59

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	Expansion	–	21	–

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

The Gevra coal mine is an opencast mine complex with a peak capacity of 49 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India. South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a subsidiary of Coal India, operates the Gevra coal mine, which opened in 1981. The mine is often referred to as a "mega opencast mine" due to the fact that it, together with the Kusmunda coal mine and Dipka coal mine, produce 95% of coal in Korba — India's biggest coal-producing district.

Throughout its operation, several expansion projects have been proposed and approved for the Gevra mine, which began operation with a production capacity of 6 million tons of coal per year. Some of its more recent expansion projects include a proposal by SECL to expand production to 50 million tonnes in 2016, however this project has since been withdrawn.

An expansion project to increase capacity from 41 to 49 MTPA was approved by the SECL Board in October 2017.

As of 2022, a proposal for a planned expansion of 70 million tonnes is currently under consideration for the Gevra mine. However, protests over land sold for mine expansions are hindering efforts to boost production.

According to a 2022 report by the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iForest), Gevra has a mine life of less than 20 years and could potentially be closed before 2040.

• Operator: South Eastern Coalfields Limited
• Owner: Coal India
• Location: Korba, Chhattisgarh, India
• Coordinates: 22.336312, 82.545748 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 40 MTPA (2020-2021)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 1337.68 MT (2014)
• Coal Type: Grade D-F
• Mine Size: 41.84 km2
• Mine Type: Opencast
• Start Year: 1981
• Source of Financing:
• Permits:

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: +29 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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