Tokisud North coal mine
{{#badges:CoalSwarm|Navbar-Indiacoal}}Tokisud North coal mine is a proposed 2.3 million ton-per-annum (MTPA) coal mine in Jharkhand state, India.
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Location
The map below shows the location of the mine's site, near Tokisud village, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand state. The mine will be on a previously unmined part of the much larger South Karanpura coalfield.
Background on Mine
Rights to the previously unmined 2.3 million ton-per-annum Tokisud North coal block were sold to Essar Power (a subsidiary of the Essar Group) in March 2015. Essar will use the coal to power its new 1,200-MW Mahan Super Thermal Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, which has been idling due to a lack of coal for 18 months.[1][2][3] The mine will be open-pit, and Essar will contract with the AMR Group for mining services. Essar plans to begin mining within 2015.[4]
Rights to the Tokisud North coal block had been previously owned by GVK Coal (Tokisud) Company, a subsidiary of GVK, which previously won a bid for this coal block in order to supply the Goindwal Sahib Thermal Power Plant; however, GVK apparently did not take advantage of the coal block, and the block was reauctioned in 2015.[5][6]
The project involves the relocation of the villages of Devgarh, Urej and Ango, consisting of 1,207 people in total; it is unclear whether this relocation has already been conducted.[2]
Mine Details
- Sponsor: Essar Power
- Parent company: Essar Group
- Location: Tokisud village, Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand state, India
- Coordinates: 23.701, 85.231 (exact)
- Status: Proposed
- Capacity: 2.3 MTPA
- Reserves: 93 MT
- In service: 2015
- Permits:
- Coal type:
- Mining method: Surface
- Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ Essar Power MP Ltd. Completes Acquisition of Tokisud North Coal Block, Essar Group press release, 24 Mar. 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tokisud North Coal Mine, Green Clearance Watch, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ Amit Gupta, Ramgarh coal for Essar's MP plant, The Telegraph, 24 Mar. 2015.
- ↑ Tokisud North Mine, MSTC website, accessed May 2015.
- ↑ GVK, "Request for qualification notice", GVK Coal (Tokisud) Company Private Limited, June 2011.
- ↑ GVK, "Investors", GVK website, accessed January 2012.
