Lok Sabha Question No. 566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-05
Subject: Pending Coal Mining Projects
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2020

## PENDING COAL MINING PROJECTS

## 566. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are coal mining projects pending for approval for production in Jharkhand and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the amount of coal production in different mines in Jharkhand in the past five years, district-wise; and
- (c) the details of the amount of metallurgical coal used for steel production produced in different mines in Jharkhand in the past three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a ) : The coal mining projects pending for approval for production in Jharkhand, are as under:

| S. No.   | Name of the Mine   | Allocate                         | Operational Status   |   Annual Capacity (million tonne) |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| 1        | Badam              | NTPC Ltd                         | Non-operational      |                              3    |
| 2        | Banhardih          | Patratu Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd | Non-operational      |                             11    |
| 3&4      | Brinda and Sasai   | Tata Steel Long Products Ltd.    | Non-operational      |                              0.68 |
| 5        | Dumri              | Hindalco Industries Ltd          | Non-operational      |                              1    |
| 6        | Jitpur             | Adani Power Mudra Limited        | Non-operational      |                              2.5  |
| 7        | Lohari             | Araanya MinesS Pvt.Ltd.          | Non-operational      |                              0.2  |
| 8        | Meral              | Trimula Industries Limited       | Non-operational      |                              0.44 |
| 9        | Moitra             | JSW Steel Ltd                    | Non-operational      |                              1    |
| 10       | Pachhwara Central  | Punjab State Power Corp Ltd      | Non-operational      |                              7    |
| 11       | RajbarD&E          | Tenughat Vidyut Nigam Ltd        | Non-operational      |                             10    |

(b): District-wise raw coal production in different mines of Coal India Limited in Jharkhand in the past five years is given below:

| 12    | Saharpur Jamarpani          | Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Ltd       | Non-operational   |   15 |
|-------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|------|
| 13    | Patal East                  | Jharkhand State Mineral Devlopment Corporation Ltd | Non-operational   |  1.6 |
| 14    | Tubed                       | Damodar Valley Corporation Ltd                     | Non-operational   |  6   |
| 15&16 | Kotre Basantpur & Pachmo    | CCL                                                | Non-operational   |  5   |
| 17    | Amarkonda Murga Dangal      | ECL                                                | Non-operational   | 30   |
| 18&19 | Brahmini & Chichro Parsimal | ECL                                                | Non-operational   | 45   |

(Figures in Million Tonne)

| District        |   2018-19 |   2017-18 |   2016-17 |   2015-16 |   2014-15 |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Godda           |     17    |     14.86 |     14.43 |     15.55 |     15.91 |
| Deoghar         |      2.03 |      1.56 |      1.18 |      1.64 |      1.74 |
| Dhanbad         |     31.58 |     32.78 |     36.18 |     35.13 |     35.09 |
| Ramgarh         |     11.58 |     10.71 |      8.21 |      8.18 |      7.8  |
| Hazaribagh      |      1.75 |      2.14 |      4.82 |      3.85 |      3.68 |
| Bokaro          |     15.33 |     13.22 |     15.83 |     16.14 |     16.57 |
| Giridih         |      0.38 |      0.7  |      0.37 |      0.56 |      0.85 |
| Ranchi          |      4.09 |      4.46 |      4.66 |      4.62 |      4.05 |
| Chatra/ Latehar |     35.6  |     32.17 |     33.21 |     28    |     22.83 |
| Total           |    119.34 |    112.59 |    118.88 |    113.68 |    108.52 |

Further, in respect of coal mines owned by companies other than CIL, mine-wise district-wise raw coal production for last 5 years is as mentioned below:

(Figures in Million Tonne)

| Company    | Blocks/Mines     | District   |         |         |         |         |         |
|------------|------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
|            |                  |            | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
| DVC        | Bermo            | Bokaro     | 0.066   | 0.403   | 0.152   | 0.047   |         |
| IISCO      | Chasnala         | Dhanbad    | 0.420   | 0.497   | 0.481   | 0.323   | 0.354   |
| IISCO      | Jitpur           | Dhanbad    |         | 0.075   | 0.085   | 0.093   | 0.092   |
| SAIL       | Tasra            | Dhanbad    | 0.025   |         |         | 0.185   |         |
| JSMDCL     | Shikni OC        | Latehar    | 0.415   | 0.190   | 0.297   | 0.351   | 0.228   |
| WBPDCL     | Panchwara North  | Pakud      | 4.000   |         |         |         |         |
| PSEB-PANEM | Pachwara Central | Pakud      | 3.433   |         |         |         |         |

| TSL   | Jharia Division   | Dhanbad    | 1.397   | 1.459   | 1.310   | 1.178   | 1.243   |
|-------|-------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
| TSL   | West Bokaro       | Hazaribagh | 4.646   | 4.769   | 5.006   | 5.046   | 5.303   |
| NTPC  | Pakri Barwadih    | Hazaribagh |         |         | 0.228   | 2.679   | 6.810   |
| HIL   | Kathautia         | Daltonganj |         |         |         | 0.800   | 0.798   |
| ESCL  | Parbatpur Central | Bokaro     | 0.433   |         |         |         |         |
| UML   | Kathautia         | Daltonganj | 0.790   |         |         |         |         |

(c): The  total  coking  (metallurgical)  coal  dispatched  to  steel  sector  for  use  from  the  state  of Jharkhand in the last three years is as under:

(Fig in Million Tonne)

| Year                  |   Coking Coal Despatch for Steel production during past three years |
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 20 16- 17             |                                                               9.853 |
| 2017-18               |                                                              10.498 |
| 2018-19 (Provisional) |                                                              16.553 |

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