Jhilmili Coal Mine

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Jhilmili Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sorga, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Jhilmili Coal Mine Sorga, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India 23.350314, 82.728807 (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
0[1] 0.31[2] 2022[2] Underground 9.72 300* 867*

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
20.45[1] 2019[1] Jhilimili 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 Pandavpara Underground Coal Mine Project has a designed capacity of 0.5 MTPA on a mining lease area of 972.036 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, is located in village Sorga, Tehsil Baikunthpur, District Korea, State Chhattisgarh, India. EC was obtained on 30 January 1995 for 0.30 MTPA project involving the existing total lease area of 972.036 ha, of which 201.131 ha is agricultural land, 752.823 ha is forestland and 18.082 ha is govt. land. The lease area has 4 seams – Seam V and IV B of Jhilmili UGP and Seams II and III of Pandavpara falling within the same mine block. The project received its environment clearance for an expansion in capacity from 0.3 MTPA to 0.50 MTPA on 15 April 2009.[3]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Envt_audit_report_JHILIMILI%20UG_EAS19.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environment Clearance for Expansion of Jhilmili Underground Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 15 April 2009