Pachhwara (North) Coal Mine

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Pachhwara (North) Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Panchwara, Pakur, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pachhwara (North) Coal Mine	Panchwara, Pakur, Jharkhand, India	24.474744, 87.476437 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2019	–

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
15	9.08	2022	Surface	–	12.65	50*	1602*

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
398	–	398	Rajmahal	Lignite	Thermal	Sagardighi Thermal Power Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
West Bengal Power Development Corp Ltd	The West Bengal Power Development Corp Ltd [100%]	India

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	1	4	9	15	13

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

The Pachhwara North coal mine is an opencast mine, operated by The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited, in Pakur, Jharkhanda, India.

The mine began operating in November 2019. The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited operates the Pachhwara North coal mine, which opened in November 2019.

• Sponsor:The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited
• Parent company:
• Location: Pakur district, Jharkhand state, India
• Coordinates: 24.47474, 87.476437 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 15 million tonnes per annum
• Production: 0.1 million tonnes
• Reserves: 398 million tonnes
• In service: 2019
• Permits:
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mining method: Surface
• Mine Size: 1265 Ha
• Source of financing:

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