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Kerendari Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Keredari, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Kerendari Coal Mine | Keredari, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand, India | 23.9125, 85.0875 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating[1] | – | New | 2023[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | – | – | Surface | – | 11.73 | 50* | #REF!* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 284 | – | – | North Karanpura | Subbituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| NTPC Ltd[2] | NTPC Ltd | India |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.
Background
The Kerendari Coal Mine is a proposed opencast mine to be operated by NTPC Mining Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the state-run National Thermal Power Corporation, in North Karanpura Coalfields, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand State, India.[3][4] The Kerendari Opencast Coal Mine Project involves a total area of 1173 hectares (ha), of which 169.35 ha is forestland, 938.62 ha is agricultural land, and 32.7 ha is water body. There are no national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, or biosphere reserves found within the 15 km buffer zone. However, there are several reserved and protected forests in the study area.[4]
The project's coal production capacity is 6 million tonnes per annum, and the mine will operate by the shovel-and-dumper method.[4]
While the terms of reference (TOR) for the project was initially issued in 2007, the mine, along with several other planned mines, was auctioned off in 2014 to NTPC.[5] This has contributed to the project's delayed progress.
- Operator: NTPC Mining Limited[3]
- Owner: National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
- Location: North Karanpura Coalfields, Hazaribagh District, Jharkhand State, India
- Coordinates: 23.9125, 85.0875 (Approximate)[5]
- Status: Operating [6]
- Production Capacity: 6 million tonnes per annum
- Total Reserves: 284 million tonnes[7]
- Mineable Reserves: 139.74 million tonnes[7]
- Coal Type: Grade E-F (Thermal)[4]
- Mine Type: Surface
- Start Year: 2023[6]
- Source of Financing:
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Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "47th Integrated Annual Report" (PDF). NTPC Ltd. 2023-08. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240723001903/https://ntpc.co.in/index.php/investors/annual-reports/2021-22. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Coal Mining Project, NTPC website, accessed August 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Kerendari A Coal Mine Block", Ministry of Environment & Forests, 31 March 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Revalidation of Environmental Clearance of Kerandari A Coal Mine Block, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, 28 Oct 2015.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 NTPC Kerandari coal mine inaugurated, to produce 60 lakh tonnes annually, The Pioneer, dated April 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Standing Committee on Energy (2020-2021) 18th Report, India Ministry of Power, dated August 2021.
