Template:Infobox mine East Bokaro Coalfield is located in Bokaro district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Overview
In 1917, L.S.S. O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering Template:Convert, with an estimated content of 1,500 million tons; close by… is the Ramgarh field Template:Convert, in which, however, coal is believed to be of inferior quality. A still larger field in the same district is that called Karanpura, which extends over Template:Convert and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”[1]
The Coalfield
Location
The Bokaro coalfield lies between 23°45' and 23°50' North latitude and 85°30' and 86°03' East longitude. It spreads Template:Cvt from east to west and Template:Cvt from north to south. Bokaro West and Bokaro East are two subdivisions of the field, separated almost in the middle by Lugu Hill (height Template:Cvt).[2]
Bokaro River passes through the West Bokaro and East Bokaro coalfields.[3][4]
East Bokaro Coalfield covers an area of Template:Convert and has total coal reserves of 4,473.66 million tonnes.[5]
Reserves
Geolological reserves in East Bokaro Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:[6]
| Type of Coal | Proved | Indicated | Inferred (exploration) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium coking coal | 3247.80 | 3805.60 | 863.32 | 7916.72 |
| Non-coking coal | 104.07 | 62.50 | 0 | 166.57 |
| Total | 3351.87 | 3868.10 | 863.32 | 8083.29 |
Projects
| CCL Operational Area | Projects |
|---|---|
| B&K Area | Bokaro open cast, Kargali open cast, Kargali underground, Karo opencast, Karo underground, Khas Mahal opencast, Khas Mahal underground, Karo Special underground, Kargali Washery[7] |
| Dhori Area | Amlo opencast, Dhori open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. I open cast, Selected Dhori Quarry No. III open cast, New Selected Dhori underground, Dhori Khas underground[8] |
| Kathara Area | Kathara open cast, Jarangdih opencast, Jarangdih underground, Sawang opencast/ underground, Govindpur underground, Kathara Washery, Swang Washery[9] |
| Non-CCL mines | DVC Bermo colliery |
Transport
In 1927, the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Barkakana–Netaji S.C.Bose Gomoh line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway.[10]
References
- ↑ L.S.S. O’Malley, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011) Template:ISBN
- ↑ A Reflectance Study of Certain Coals from the Bokaro Coalfield, Bihar, S.M. Casshyap. University of Aligarh. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ↑ Water pollution in Bokaro River. Supreme Court. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ The real face of the Tatas: a Tata rap sheet. Retrieved 2010-05-03.
- ↑ Critical Evaluation of Geo-Environmental Scenario of Damodar River Basin, Inia, Prasoon Kumar Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Brajendra Kumar Tiwary. Retrieved 2008-08-26.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Inventory of Geological Resource of India Coal. CMPDI. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ↑ Central Coalfields Limited. CCL.
- ↑ Central Coalfields Limited. CCL.
- ↑ Central Coalfields Limited. CCL.
- ↑ Indian Railway History Timeline. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
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