Kurasia Coal Mine

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

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kurasia Coal Mine	Korba, Chhattisgarh, India	23.178488, 82.368221 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2005	–

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	0.2	2022	Underground	–	4.36	300*	814*

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
5.15	2022	–	Chirimiri	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 mine has a design capacity of 0.50 MTPA on a mining lease area of 523.30 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, on the Chirimiri area, PO West Chirimiri Colliery, District Korba, State Chhattisgarh, India. The project received its environment clearance for the capacity 0.50 MTPA on 9 May 2006. However, the EC lapsed and SECL had to apply for the revalidation of the environment clearance granted to the project on 20 June 2006. In 40th EAC (thermal and coal mining projects), MoEF&CC India, meeting held on 26 October 2018, the company was asked to conduct EIA/EMP study again.

Meanwhile, the Kurasia opencast mine exhausted its capacity and hence has been closed. The underground mine can now start only after regrant of the EC from the MoEF&CC India.

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