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Barora Area Operation

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit & Underground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (metallurgical)
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Longwall
  • Bord-and-pillar
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SnapshotBarora Area is located on the western part of Jharia Coalfield and it consists of two mines: Amalgamated Muraidih Phularitand (AMP) Colliery (open pits and underground mines), Damoda Colliery.

Barora Area's mines producing coking coal, and non-coking coal in small scale.

Owners

SourceSource
CompanyInterestOwnership
Coal India Ltd. 100 % Indirect
Bharat Coking Coal Ltd. (operator) 100 % Indirect
The Barora Area is operated by Bharat Coking Coal Limited, a Miniratna Public Sector Undertaking and a 100% subsidiary of Coal India Limited, which is a Government of India undertaking.

Contractors

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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

Barora area is located on the western part of Jharia Coalfield.

Reserves

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Mining Methods

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Heavy Mobile Equipment

Fleet data has not been reported.

Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Summary:

The ROM coal of amalgamated Muraidih OC Colliery is being sized by 3 Feeder Breakers and dispatched to KKC Link Siding located besides of Mahuda-Gomoh Railway line. In Phularitand Colliery, ROM coal is also sized to the required size by 2 feeder breakers before dispatching of coal to the same KKC link siding, and partly by road transport. From KKC siding, coal is being sent to different Power Plants.

Processing

Summary:

Presently, produced coal from existing amalgamated Muraidih Colliery and Phularitand Colliery are not linked to any existing Washery.

Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20222021202020192018
Coal (metallurgical & thermal) Mt  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3.8 3.7 
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Production Costs

Commodity production costs have not been reported.

Mine Financials

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Personnel

Mine Management

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Workforce

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