Paoni-Il Coal Mine

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Paoni-Il Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sakhri, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Paoni-Il Coal Mine	Sakhri, Chandrapur, Maharashtra, India	19.82705027, 79.25526677 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2007	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
3	3.24997	2022	Surface	Open Pit	11	200	945

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
30.63	–	–	Wardha Valley	Subbituminous	Thermal	Dhopave Thermal Power Station (Mahagenco)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Western Coalfields Ltd	Coal India Ltd [100.0%]	India

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0	0	2	2	3	3	3

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 Pauni-II Expansion Opencast Coal Mine has a capacity of 3.25 million tonnes on 1095.52 ha. It is located near Village Sakhri, Tehsil Rajura, District Chandrapur in the State of Maharashtra, India. Pauni-II Opencast coal mine in Ballarpur coal area had earlier received Environemnt Clearance for 0.6 MTPA on 2 February, 2006 on a mining lease area of 316.30 ha.

The public hearing for the Pauni-II expansion project was conducted on 1 December 2018. A total of 954 families will be affected due to land acquisition of 718.69 ha agricutlural land. The Project received its environment clearance on 28 March 2019 from MoEF&CC India for one year to be extended after submitting compliance report. The main consumers of the mine are thermal plants of MAHAGENCO, KPCL, GSCCL and miscellaneous consumers.

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