Barora Area is one of the 12 operational areas of
BCCL located in
Dhanbad Sadar subdivision
Dhanbad Sadar subdivision is an administrative subdivision of the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India.
History
The earliest administrative mention of Dhanbad, refers to the transfer of the headquarters of Gobindapur subdivision of er ...
of
Dhanbad district
Dhanbad district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Dhanbad is the administrative headquarters of this district. As of 2011, it is the second most populous district of Jharkhand (out of 24), after Ranchi. It al ...
in the state of
Jharkhand
Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . It ...
,
India
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.
Geography
Location
The Barora Area office is located at .
The Barora Area is at the western end of
Jharia coalfield
Jharia coalfield is a large coal field located in the east of India in Jharia, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the largest coal reserves in India having estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of coking coal. The coalfield is an important contribut ...
.
The map alongside shows some of the collieries in the Area. However, as the collieries do not have individual pages, there are no links in the full screen map.
Mining activity
*Muraidih colliery is a mixed mine having both
underground
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and
open cast
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth from an open-air pit, sometimes known as a borrow.
This form of minin ...
mines. The colliery has an open cast section with hired arrangements for extraction of overburden and transportation of coal. Shatabdi OCP was carved out of Muraidih colliery in 2000 and later amalgamated with Muraidih colliery in 2014. A private company was used for operating underground mine in seam I & III using continuous miner. It has a reserve of 115 million tonnes.
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*Damoda colliery is the only functional colliery of BCCL located in Bokaro district. It has two underground mines – one pit and one incline, and two open cast mines – one departmental and one operated with hired equipment. It has a reserve of 17.8 million tonnes.][
*Phularitand colliery is a mixed mine with both underground and open cast mines. Earlier, the underground mine was out of operation but from 2014 two inclines have started producing. It has a reserve of 116.06 million tonnes.][
*Madhuband colliery is an underground mine with a reserve of 286.6 million tonnes.][
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Mining plan
An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in ''Cluster I'', ''Cluster II'' and ''Cluster XV'' as of 2012, is as follows:
1.Muraidih colliery, consisting of both underground and open cast mines, has a normative production capacity of 5.50 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 7.15 million tonnes per year. Shatabdi open cast project has a normative production capacity of 1.4 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 1.82 million tonnes per year.[ Phularitand underground mine has a normative production capacity of 0.120 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.156 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.
4. Madhuband colliery with an underground mine has a normative production capacity of 0.113 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.147 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.
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References
{{Operational Areas of BCCL
Coal mining operational areas in Jharkhand