West Bokaro Coal Mine

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West Bokaro Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
West Bokaro Coal Mine Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India 23.7927473, 85.55423096 (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
5.1[1] 2022[1] Surface Open Pit 50* 836*

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
Subbituminous Met[2]

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Tata Steel; Coal India Tata Steel Ltd [100%] India

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM 5[3] 2[4] 5[1] 6[5]

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 West Bokaro mine is operated by Tata Steel (a private company that is a subsidiary of the Tata Group).[6][7]

Articles and Resources

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240124185755/https://www.tatasteel.com/investors/integrated-report-2022-23/tata-steel-ir-2022-23.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240122230358/https://environmentclearance.nic.in/writereaddata/Online/TOR/16_Feb_2022_13394151720187540PFR.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://www.nfi.org.in/sites/nfi/files/publication/Working%20Paper%20Jharkhand-Book-11-11-22%20%281%29.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20221108121601/https://www.tatasteel.com/media/15928/tata-steel-ir-2021-22.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 08 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. (PDF) https://www.tatasteel.com/media/21244/integrated-report-and-annual-accounts-fy2023-24.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Mining Operations, Tata Steel website, accessed May 2015.
  7. Areas, Central Coalfields Limited website, accessed May 2015.