Envis Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
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Ministry of Coal : 16 Coal Mines Closed Down During Last three Years
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Government of India
Ministry of Coal
30-April-2013 13:44 IST
16 Coal Mines Closed Down During Last three Years
Minister of State for Coal, Shri Pratik Prakash Bapu Patil today informed the Lok Sabha that certain mines of Coal India Ltd. have been closed down or abandoned mainly due to reasons like exhaustion of extractable reserves, depletion of resources etc. He was replying to a written question in the house. State and subsidiary-wise details of closed mines of Coal India Limited during the last three years and the current year (upto September 2012) are:-
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Subsidiary
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Year
|
Name of Mine
|
State
|
|
BCCL
|
2010-11
|
Madhuban UG
|
Jharkhand
|
|
CCL
|
2011-12
|
Karkata OC
|
Jharkhand
|
|
WCL
|
2009-10
|
Pathakhera I
|
Madhya Pradesh
(MP)
|
|
Gajandoh
|
|
2011-12
|
Pathakhera II
|
|
SECL
|
2009-10
|
Jainagar 5& 6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
KotmaWest OC
|
MP
|
|
Banki 9 & 10
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
2010-11
|
New Amlai
|
MP
|
|
Anjan Hill
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
2011-12
|
Chhal Incline
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
Pawan Incline
|
|
B Seam UG
|
|
NEC
|
2010-11
|
Baragolai UG
|
Assam
|
He further said several mines are closed due to exhaustion of reserves. Therefore, reviving of these mines is not possible. However, the mines closed due to techno-economic reasons like adverse geo-mining conditions, safety reasons, etc. can be revived if suitable technology which is economically viable is available in future.
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