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Ministry of Coal : 16 Coal Mines Closed Down During Last three Years

 

 

Press Information Bureau
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:-

 

 

 

Subsidiary

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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