Talcher UG Coal Mine

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Talcher UG Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Angul, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Talcher UG Coal Mine Angul, Odisha, India 20.962009, 85.178092 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 1928[2]

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[1] 0.36[1] 2023[1] Underground Bord and Pillar[1] 300* 824*

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
11[1] 2023[1] Talcher Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Mahanadi 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 on Mine

The 61.83 million tonne-per-annum Talcher coal mines are owned by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (a subsidiary of state-owned Coal India).[3]

Expansions

The following mines at Talcher are proposed for expansion: Balaram to 15 MTPA and Bhubaneswari to 40 MTPA.[4]

In June 2015 Mahanadi Coalfields floated an online tender seeking participation of interested parties to set up a 10 million tonne (mt) per annum coal washery at Talcher. The washery is to be made functional within 18 months from signing of the contract.[5]

Articles and Resources

Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 https://web.archive.org/web/20240125232455/https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/coal/mcl-gears-up-to-operate-pre-independence-talcher-underground-coal-mines/102644797. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20240126185519/https://theprocessor.in/sectors/will-talchers-coal-mine-revival-transform-responsible-mining. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Coal India, Annual Report 2018-2019, accessed March 16, 2020.
  4. Mahanadi Coalfields Limited,Bioprofile of Projects, accessed March 16, 2020
  5. "MCL floats second tender for 10 mt coal washery," Business Standard, June 15, 2015