Utkal D Coal Mine

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Utkal D Coal Mine is a proposed coal mine in Kosala, Nandichood, Similisahi & Raijharan under Chendipada Tahasil, Angul District, Odisha, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Utkal D Coal Mine	Kosala, Nandichood, Similisahi & Raijharan under Chendipada Tahasil, Angul District, Odisha, India	21.011417, 84.939414 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Construction	New	–	–

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	–	–	Surface	–	3.01	50*	*

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
101.68	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
National Aluminium Company Limited	National Aluminium Co Ltd [100%]	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

Utkal D Coal Mine is owned by state-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), and located in Kosala, Nandichood, Similisahi & Raijharan villages in Angul district, India. In April 2021, thestate-run National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) has been granted mining lease of Utkal-D coal block by the Odisha government.

• Sponsor: National Aluminium Company Limited
• Parent company:
• Location: Kosala, Nandichood, Similisahi & Raijharan villages in Angul district, India
• Coordinates: 21.011417, 84.939414 (approximate)
• Status: Construction
• Production: 2 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 101.68 million tonnes
• In service:
• Permits:
• Mine Size:3.01 km2
• Coal type:
• Mining method: Open pit
• Source of financing:

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