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
3.25	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	India

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	0.306	0.599	2.105	2.8	3.249	3.25	3.24

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 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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