Saraipali Coal Mine

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Saraipali Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Budbud, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saraipali Coal Mine Budbud, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India 22.35732, 82.296358 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1]

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
1[1] 1.57[1] 2022[1] Surface Open Pit 50* 602*

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
31.5 50.59 Korba Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
South Eastern 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[2] 1[1] 1[1] 2[2]

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 Saraipalli Opencast Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 1.40 MTPA on a mining lease area of 279 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project received its environment clearance for a capacity of 1.40 MTPA on 21 March 2007.[3]

The work on mine started in 2016 due to delays in receiving forest clearance.[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/SECL_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/Environmental%20Audit%20Statement%202022-23%20of%20Korba%20Area%20(SARAIPALI%20OCM).pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environment Clearance for Saraipalli Opencast Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 21 March 2007
  4. Work starts on Saraipalli mine, Piyushkant Chaturvedi, Patrika, 15 November 2016