Vijay Coal Mine

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Vijay Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Kendai, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Vijay Coal Mine Kendai, Korba, Chhattisgarh, India 22.854326, 82.32114 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

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] 0.5[2] 2022[2] Underground 4.38 300* 674*

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
8.337[1] 2022[1] Sendurgar Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
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 on Mine

The Vijay Coal Mines is a cluster of three mines Vijay East(planned), Vijay West (operational) and Vijay Central to be merged with Vijay West as Opencast. Vijay West mine project has a designed capacity of 0.5 MTPA on a mining lease area of 438.10 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project received its environment clearance on 15 April 2009.[3]

Vijay West is now proposed to be combined with the Vijay Central mine, which was earlier allotted to Prakash Industries and Coal India Limited as joint venture[4], and was cancelled by the Supreme Court in Coalgate scam. The new mine Vijay West/Vijay Central will be an opencast mine and peak capacity of 3 MTPA[5].

Vijay East part of the Vijay coal block remains in the planning stage for now.

Expansion Details

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Additional data

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/FINAL_VIJAY%20WEST%20UG_CHIRIMIRI%20AREA%20EAS%2021-22.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 (PDF) https://d3u7ubx0okog7j.cloudfront.net/documents/SECL_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environment Clearance for Vijay West Underground Coal Mine Project , MoEF&CC India, 15 April 2009
  4. summary of the Vijay Central mine, Ministry of coal, accessed on 21 April, 2020
  5. Ministry of coal press information, 30 July 2018