Summary

Mine Type	Open Pit
Status	Active
Commodities	Coal (thermal)
Mining Method	Truck & Shovel / Loader Surface miner
Production Start	...
Mine Life	...
Snapshot	Hingula Area includes two opencast mines: Balaram and Hingula, which are located on the Talcher coalfield, in Angul district of Odisha state of India. As of March 31, 2025, the Balaram Expansion OCP project is ongoing. MCL has planned for setting-up of a deshaling plant/washery at Balaram OCP in Hingula Area. The comments of MCL on the draft Feasibility Report for setting-up of deshaling plant/washery at Balaram OCP has already been submitted to CMPDI and the final Feasibility Report is expected from CMPDI in April 2025. After competent approval of the Feasibility Report, tendering process for setting-up of deshaling plant/washery will be initiated. Hingula New CHP Link and SILO project The Hingula New CHP Link and SILO project aims to transport coal from Hingula OCP by pipe conveyor to a SILO arrangement at Balram Siding in the Hingula area. The connection between Pipeline and the Silo is under progress and expected to be commissioned by 31.12.2025.

Deposit type

• Sedimentary

Summary:

The Hingula deposit lies in the Talcher Coalfield (Odisha) and belongs to the Permian Gondwana sequence, with thick coal seams of the Barakar Formation. The seams occur at comparatively shallow depths, with aggregate geological resources exceeding 700 million tonnes. Most of the coal is thermal (Grades D–G), approximately equivalent to Grade G12 under the current classification.

Within the Hingula block there are about 11–19 workable seams (depending on the sector), with thicknesses ranging from 0.3 m up to 22–32 m. The seams belong to the Barakar Formation (the lower part of the Gondwana sequence), overlain by sediments of the Talcher Formation. Most seams have gentle to moderate dips, with an average dip of roughly 20–40°. From Seam II-D through Seam IX there are substantial coal horizons; one seam attains a maximum thickness of approximately 31.5 m. This indicates the presence of relatively “young,” thick thermal-coal seams typical of the central part of the Talcher Coalfield.

In the mines of the Hingula Area, the names of the seams are: Talcher IIC, Talcher II(D+E), Talcher IIIC, Talcher IIID, Talcher IIIE, Talcher IIIAC, Talcher IVA, Talcher IVB, Talcher VA, Talcher V B, Talcher VIB, Talcher VII, Talcher VIII, Local II.

Mining Methods

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

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Processing

Summary:

Hingula OC and Balram OC mines have a Coal Handling Plants (CHP), which are not in use, because more than 95% of total coal production is done through blast-less, environment-friendly Surface Miner technology. CHP at the Balram OC mine is not operated since 2020.

Action is being taken for renovation of CHPs and introduction of truck loading system of coal to road sale trucks to avoid pay loader loading, and for deployment of Mobile Crushers at stockpiles.

MCL has planned for setting-up of a deshaling plant/washery, 15 Mtpa, at Balaram OCP in Hingula Area.

Setting up of Deshaling plant/ Washery at Balaram OCP, Hingula Area (Capacity-15 Mty).:
• Work Order for preparation of Detailed Feasibility Report (DFR) for setting up of deshaling plant/washery, 15 Mtpa, at Balaram OCP, Hingula Area was issued to CMPDI on 23.04.2024;
• The draft Feasibility Report for setting-up of deshaling plant/washery at Balaram OCP has been received from CMPDI in Jan ........

Commodity Production

Commodity	Units	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Coal (thermal)	Mt	....	....	....	....	....	....	9.9

Operational metrics

Metrics	2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Coal tonnes mined	....	....	....	....	....	....	9,857,392 t
Waste	....	....	....	....	....	....	10,327,771 m3

Personnel

Job Title	Name	Ref. Date
.......................	.......................	Jul 7, 2025

Employees	Year
......	2025
......	2024
......	2023