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Surakachhar 3&4 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Surakachhar 3&4 Coal Mine Korba, Chhattisgarh, India 22.367844, 82.63224 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating
Operating 1964
Operating[1] 1977[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
0.03[2] 2022[2] Underground Bord and Pillar[1] 10.46[1] 300* 705*
0.03[2] 2022[2] Underground Bord and Pillar[1] 10.46[1] 300* 615*
0[1] 0.056[1] 2022[1] Underground Bord and Pillar[1] 10.46[1] 300* 585*

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
1.586[1] 2023[1] 3.02[1] Korba Subbituminous Thermal Chandrapur Thermal Power Station
2.25[1] 2023[1] 11.24[1] Korba Subbituminous Thermal SAIL Bhilai steel plant
4[1] 2023[1] 14[1] Korba Subbituminous Thermal Chandrapur Thermal Power Station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

The Surakachhar coal mine is a mine complex, operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited, a subsidiary of Coal India, in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.[3]

The complex include the Surakachhar main coal mine and Surakachhar 3&4 coal mine. The Surakachhar coal mine has a designed capacity of 0.21 million tonnes-per-annum (MTPA) on a mining lease area of 1045.86 ha.[3] The project is an old project operating since 1963-64, prior to natioalisation of mines, on the consent letters under the Water ACt 1974 and Air ACt 1981, which has been further extended till 31 July, 2010. The project is awaiting environment clearance for a proposed expansion in capacity 0.456 MT on the exisiting mining lease.

Main consumers for the Surakachhar UG coal mine project are SAIL Bhilai steel plant, Chandrapur power station, KRPH (Koradih, Khaparkheda) and Birsinghpur Power Plant.[4]

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References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240109002409/https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Online/TOR/13_Jul_2023_12164995341877752Annexure-Pre-feasibilityReport%2528PFR%2529File.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240129173121/https://coal.nic.in/sites/default/files/2023-05/23-05-2023.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 TOR, April 10, 2018
  4. 4.0 4.1 Minutes of 48th EAC meeting, MoEF&CC India, 4 October 2019
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mining Closure Plan for the Project and other documents, SECL, 2018