West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine

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West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Jhagrakhand, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
West Jhagrakhand Coal Mine Jhagrakhand, Korea, Chhattisgarh, India 23.197211, 82.161616 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[1] 1951[1]

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[2] 0.12[1] 2022[1] Underground 10.66[1] 300* 587*

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
1.482[1] 2023[1] Jhilimili 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 West Jhagrakand Underground Coal Mine has a designed capacity of 0.33 MTPA on a mining lease area of 1065.67 ha. It is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited. The project received its environment clearance for a capacity expansion from 0.27 MTPA to 0.33 MTPA on 6 September 2006.[3]

As per the information provided by the Minister of Coal in the Parliament North Jhagrakhand mine operated by SECL in Chhattisgarh was closed in the year 2016-17.[4] Jhagrakhand mines are also refered as JKD Colliery and are spread in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh both.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240718171640/https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/FINAL_Hasdeo%2520Area_West%2520Jhagrakhand%2520UG%2520Mine_EAS22.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. (PDF) https://www.secl-cil.in/writereaddata/ECComplianceDec2020WestJKD.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. Environment Clearance for Expansion of West Jhagrakand Underground Coal Mine Project, MoEF&CC India, 6 September 2006
  4. Minister of Coal, India in Parliament, 7 February 2018 accessed on May 18 2020