Pandavpara Coal Mine

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Pandavpara Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sorga, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pandavpara Coal Mine	Sorga, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India	23.350314, 82.728807 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1989	–

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
0.5	0.218	2022	Underground	–	9.73	300*	#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
15.538	–	–	Jhilimli	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd	Coal India	India

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	0.344	0.347	0.256	0.226	0.218	0.275

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 on Mine

The Pandavpara Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 0.5 MTPA on a mining lease area of 972.036 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, The project received its environment clearance for an expansion in capacity from 0.201 MTPA to 0.50 MTPA on 4 May 2009.

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