Nawapara Coal Mine

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Nawapara Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Maheshpur, Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nawapara Coal Mine	Maheshpur, Surguja, Chhattisgarh, India	23.3666667, 83.0980555555555 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2006	–

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	0.12	2022	Underground	–	4.51	300*	869*

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
4.9	2022	44.2	Bisrampur	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 Nawapara underground coal mine has a designed capacity of 0.18 MTPA on a mine lease area of 451.40 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India.

The mine received its environment clearance on 7 January 2002 and received a term of reference for expansion in capacity to 0.55 MTPA on 10 November 2009. However, the project violated the terms of the environment clearance and so had to seek revalidation of its 2002 EC.

Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Size of Expansion: 0.55 MTPA
• Permits and Applications: ToR for expansion of Nawapara UG mine to 0.55 MTPA, MoEF&CC India, 10 November 2009; Summary of EIA for the expansion of Nawapara UG mine, SECL India

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