Talaipalli Coal Mine

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Talaipalli Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Gharghoda, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Talaipalli Coal Mine	Gharghoda, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, India	22.17758, 83.355201 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2019	–

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	2.4	2022	Underground & Surface	Mixed	23.49	60*	908*

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
843.68	–	1267	Mand-Raigarh	Subbituminous	Thermal	Lara Integrated Thermal Power Project

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
NTPC Ltd	NTPC Ltd [100%]	India

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	0	0	0	2	7

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 Talaipalli coal mine Project of 18 MTPA OC and 0.72 MTPA of UG capacity on a mining lease area of 2349.35 ha operated by National Thermal Power Corporation Limited is located in Tehsil Gharghoda, District Raigarh, State Chhattisgarh, India. The mine was allocated to NTPC for its captive plant Lara Super Thermal Power Project of 4800 MW and the environment clearance granted for its development on 2 January, 2013.

The coal mine was cancelled by the Supreme Court on 24 September 2014 in the wake of coalgate scandal and reallocated to NTPC on 28 October 2015.

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