SECL’s Gevra and Kusmunda Projects in Chhattisgarh Secure 2nd and 4th Spot in the World’s Largest Coal Mines List.
Accroding to WorldAtlas.com, Chhattisgarh based Coal India subsidiary SECL Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines have secured the 2nd and 4th spot in the list of the world’s largest coal mines.
⇒ 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’s energy requirements for the next 10 years.
⇒ Kusmunda Open Caste 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.
⇒ These mines have deployed some of the world’s largest and most advanced mining machines such as the “Surface Miner” that extracts and cuts coal without blasting for eco-friendly mining operations.
⇒ These mines use some of the world’s largest HEMMs (Heavy Earth Moving Machinery) such as 240-ton dumpers, 42 cubic meters Shovel along with Vertical Rippers.
These two mines produce more 100 million tons of coal annually accounting for about 10% of India’s total coal production.
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Watch the video of Gevra and Kusmunda coal mines in Chhattisgarh, subsidiaries of South Eastern Coalfields Limited’s (SECL), which have secured 2nd and 4th positions, respectively, in… pic.twitter.com/GTjYQ7YnxP
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