{"id":35597,"date":"2024-07-18T10:21:41","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/atmanirbhar-bharat-two-of-worlds-five-largest-coal-mines-now-in-india-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T10:21:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T10:21:43","slug":"atmanirbhar-bharat-two-of-worlds-five-largest-coal-mines-now-in-india-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/atmanirbhar-bharat-two-of-worlds-five-largest-coal-mines-now-in-india-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Atmanirbhar Bharat: Two of World\u2019s Five Largest Coal Mines Now in India &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>: Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited\u2019s (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines have secured the 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0and 4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0spot in the list of the world\u2019s 10 largest coal mines released by WorldAtlas.com.<\/p>\n<p>Located in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh state, these two mines produce more than 100 million tons of coal annually accounting for about 10% of India\u2019s total coal production.<\/p>\n<p>The Gevra opencast mine has an annual production capacity of 70 million tons and produced 59 million tons of coal in FY 23-24. The mine started operations in the year 1981 and it has enough coal reserves to meet the country\u2019s energy requirements for the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Kusmunda OC mine produced more than 50 million tons of coal in FY 23-24, only the second mine in India after Gevra to achieve this feat.<\/p>\n<p>These mines have deployed some of the world\u2019s largest and most advanced mining machines such as the \u201cSurface Miner\u201d that extracts and cuts coal without blasting for eco-friendly mining operations.<\/p>\n<p>For overburden removal (the process of removing layers of soil, stone etc. to expose the coal seam), the mines use some of the world\u2019s largest HEMMs (Heavy Earth Moving Machinery) such as 240-ton dumpers, 42 cubic meters Shovel along with Vertical Rippers for environment-friendly and blast-free OB removal.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on this occasion, SECL CMD Dr Prem Sagar Mishra said it is a proud moment for the Chhattisgarh state that two of the World\u2019s five largest coal mines are now in the state. Sh Mishra expressed his gratitude towards, the Coal Ministry, MoEFCC, State Government, Coal India, Railways, various stakeholders, and most importantly coal warriors who have worked tirelessly to achieve this monumental feat.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] New Delhi: Chhattisgarh-based Coal India subsidiary South Eastern Coalfields Limited\u2019s (SECL) Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines have secured the 2nd\u00a0and 4th\u00a0spot in the list of the world\u2019s 10 largest coal mines released by WorldAtlas.com. Located in the Korba district of Chhattisgarh state, these two mines produce more than 100 million tons of coal annually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-35597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nation"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/image004HG5H.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35599,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35597\/revisions\/35599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}