Kanchan Coal Mine

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Kanchan Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Bandavgarh, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kanchan Coal Mine Bandavgarh, Umaria, Madhya Pradesh, India 23.345851, 80.871272 (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] 0.51[2] 2022[2] Surface Open Pit 2.03 50* 443*

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
5.82 10.952 Johilla Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd Coal India Ltd [100.0%] India


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[3] Permitted[1] Expansion[3] 1[3]

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 Kanchan Opencast Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 0.75 MTPA on a mining lease area of 203.93 ha in Johila coalfield. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited.

The project, first, received an environment clearance for 0.32 MTPA on 8 June 2004 and got further environment clearance for peak capacity of 0.75 MTPA on 29 March 2010 from Ministry of Environment & Climate Change (MoEF&CC), India.[4]

On 17 December 2014, Coal India Board approved the project report for a further expansion in capacity to 2.0 MTPA. The proposed Kanchan Opencast Expn. Block, is a combination of three Geological blocks viz. Kanchan West Block, Kanchan block, a part of Lohangi Block west to Lohangi Nala and additional area explored north of existing Kanchan OCP. Geological report for the aforesaid blocks viz. Kanchan West, Kanchan and Lohangi Combined report were published on September 1993 and March 1991 respectively. On the basis of Kanchan and Lohangi Combined Geological report, existing Kanchan opencast project and Vindhya Underground Project are in progress.[5]

Expansion Details

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

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  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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220729121047/http://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/kanchan_oc.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 July 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Environment Clearance for Expansion of Kanchan Opencast coal mine, MoEF&CC India, 29 March 2010
  5. Project report for Kanchan OCP Expansion to 2.0 MTPA, CPMDI, 17 December 2014