Singhori coal mine

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The Singhori coal mine is an opencast mine operated by Western Coalfield Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in Maharashtra, India.

Location

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Background

Upon The Singhori mine had a designed capacity of 0.80 million tonnes per annum. It is owned by Western Coalfields Limited (WCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited. The Environment Clearance (EC) is on a mine lease area of 428 ha was granted on 17th May 2007 by MoEF.

Coal India Ltd subsidiary Western Coalfields Limited has taken a step to slash down its coal auction floor price by 10 per cent of its specific mines. The reduced auction price will apply for coal of Mine Specific Source for all auctions to be conducted by WCL only in April 2020. This will help both power and non-power consumers to get coal at reduced price. WCL had identified 11 out of its total 66 mines in November 2019 to be Mine Specific Source especially for use of power plants at an additional add-on price of Rs 450 over notified price. These 11 mines include 8 Greenfield- Dinesh, Makardhokra I. Gokul. Bhanegaon, Singhori, Penganga, Yekona, Pauni II and 3 Brownfield- Mungoli, Niljai, Gondegaon were opened in the last 5 years to provide coal to power consumers of Central, Western and Southern India at their doorstep at cheaper landed price. Earlier these power plants were getting coal from mines located in Eastern India which was costly due to extra railway freight. With opening of new projects by WCL, coal became cheaper for these plants to the tune of INR1,000 per tonne on an average. Under a policy WCL requested power entities to share this gain by adding Rs 450 per tonne over notified price for these 11 specific mines. No change in pricing was done for remaining 55 mines.

Project Expansion

Western Coalfields Limited proposed expansion of the Singhori OC mine from 0.80 MTPA to 1.12 MTPA in existing area 426.00 ha covered under existing EC land of 428.00 ha by the way of application for EC in January 2019.

In May 2022, a proposal to increase the mine's production capacity from 1.12 to 1.2 MTPA over the existing mining lease area. The approval was a part of a special dispensation in which India's Ministry Of Coal requested the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to consider skipping the public consultation stage of the approval process and granting immediate ECs to coal mining projects requesting expansions up to 50% of their operating capacity within their existing mine lease area. The move is a part of India's push to enhance coal production in order to meet the country’s energy requirement.

Mine Details

• Operator: Western Coalfield Limited
• Owner: Coal India Limited
• Location: village Singhori, Tehsil Parseoni, District Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
• GPS Coordinates: 21.2866759, 79.1436393
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 1.2 MTPA
• Production: 1.12 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Resource: 35.07 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 12.30 MT
• Coal Type:
• Mine Type: Opencast with shovel-dumper combination
• Start Year: 2007
• Source of Financing: Coal India Limited
• Permits and Applications: Environment Clearance, India MoEF, 17th May 2007

Expansion Details

• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 1.2 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2022
• Source of Financing:
• Permits and Applications: EC application for expansion from 0.80 MTPA to 1.12 MTPA, India MoEF, January 2019

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