Parasea Belbaid Coal Mine

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Parasea Belbaid Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Parasea Belbaid Coal Mine	Paschim Bardhaman, West Bengal, India	23.6040321, 87.1144061 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
2	0.07	2022	Underground & Surface	Mixed	7.84	60*	617*

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
–	–	–	Raniganj	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
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

Parasea Belbaid Coal Mine is operated by Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India in West Bengal, India. It is an amalgamation of Parasea coal mine and Belbadi coal mine, and belongs to Cluster No. 10 (ECL).

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