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Bishrampur (Bisrampur) Area Mine

Location: 156 km NE from Bilaspur, India

Regional Office:

Seepat Rd.
Bilaspur
India
495006

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Summary

Mine TypeOpen Pit
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Truck & Shovel / Loader
  • Bord-and-pillar
  • Continuous
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SnapshotBishrampur Area Operation consists of 7 active mines, which are located in Chhattisgarh state of India:
1. Amera OC mine;
2. Amgaon OC mine;
3. Balrampur UG mine;
4. Gayatri UG mine;
5. Ketki UG mine;
6. Kumda 7&8 UG mine;
7. Rehar UG mine.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Coal India Ltd. 100 % Indirect
South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (operator) 100 % Indirect
The Bishrampur (Bisrampur) 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:

Amera mine
Surface elevation varies from 536 M to 554 m. The overburden of the mine contains soil and alluvium, coarse grained, sand stone, shale etc. Gradient of seam 0.5° to 2.5° in N, 40° in W.
Seam I-Top: 1 m to 2.32 m, Seam I-Bottom: 1.35 m to 3.47 m, Seam I-Merged (Top and Bottom): 1.05 m to 8.06 m.
There are seven strike faults (F 1 to F 7) have been identified in the block.

Gayatri mine
The mine is located in the western part of Rehar block which covers mostly Jogi block of Lakhanpur coalfields. There are five seams in the area namely Seam 0 to Seam IV. At present working of this mine is being done in Seam-I combines which has been declared as Degree-I Gassy Seam. The present thickness of the seam is varying from 1.5 m to 3 m. There is frequent variation in the thickness of seam being observed on regular basis. The percolation of water from roof and floor is high which increases substantially during and after rainy season. The rock mass rating (RMR) of the roof of CMP1, CMP2, CMP3 development panel is 45.76. The gradient of seam is 1 in 20 and with direction N 45° E.

Kumda 7/8 Incline mine
The property is free from major geological disturbances. Nature of roof and floor is medium grained sandstone and carbonaceous sandstone respectively.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

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Production Costs

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