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Baikunthpur Area Operation

Location: 144 km NE from Bilaspur, India

Regional Office:

Seepat Rd.
Bilaspur
India
495006

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
  • Coal (metallurgical)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Bord-and-pillar
  • Pillar extraction
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SnapshotBaikunthpur Area Operation consists of 4 mines, which are located in Koriya district of Chhattisgarh state in India:

1. Churcha RO UG mine.
2. Jhilimili UG mine.
3. Katkona UG mine.
4. Pandavpara UG mine.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Coal India Ltd. 100 % Indirect
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (operator) 100 % Indirect
The Baikunthpur Area Operation is operated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL), which is a state-owned coal mining company.

The coal mines, which are nationalized in 1971 and 1973 were put under administrative control of CIL in 1975. CIL operates under the guidance of the Ministry of Coal, Government of India.

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Churcha RO mine
The Dolerite sill (40 m. to 130 m.) lies within the upper section of Barakar and thus over lies the middle section containing the important coal seam. No other intrusion has been found in this area.

Jhilimili mine
Seam V is having low cover and trends to contain water. Seam IV B is varying 1 to 1.5 meters, thickness the entire transport and travelling route is being either dinted or ripped for facilitating movement of men and machines which are constrain for achieving the desired level of production whereas seam-V is having immediate roof of mud and tiny clay.

Katkona mine
Mainly 39 faults exit in the property whose throw varies from 5 meter to 280 meters. Besides those faults many other unknown faults exist in the property whose throw are varying from 0.5 meter to 5 meter but not shown in the CMPDI plan. There are two main dyke encountered at seam V, (Khajura Seam) at 3&4 Incline about 5.0 meter thick and several small dykes frequently appeared in seam III, (Chamat seam) and seam 1 (Katkona Seam) at 1&2 Incline thickness varies from 0.5 meter to 1.5 meter.

Pandavpara mine
Pandavpara's Seam II and Seam III are very undulating with varying thickness of Coal Seams as a result for smooth running of mine, frequent denting of floor/ripping of roof is being done which is also affecting the production rate.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits2025202420232022202120202019
Coal (metallurgical & thermal) t  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe2,585,110
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

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Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

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