WELCOME MEMBERS
SOUTH ASIAN ASSOCIATION FOR
REGIONAL COOPERATION (SAARC)
Underground mining
A K Rana
General Manager,
Underground Mining Division,
Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Ltd.
WORLD ENERGY SCENARIO
316.9
Energy Consumption (MT Oil equiv.)
879
574 OIL
Natural Gas
4211.1 Coal
Nuclear
Hydro-electric
Renewable
3881.8
3065.5
COAL CONSUMPTION SCENERIO
Energy Consumption (MT Oil equivalent)
Year 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
World 3611.2 3777.4 3798.8 3867.0 3881.8
India 260.2 270.1 302.3 324.3 360.2
Pakistan 4.9 4.4 4.4 3.5 4.9
Bangladesh 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0
INDIAN COAL RESOURCES
Billion Tonnes
Depth Proved Indicated Inferred Total
Range (m)
0-300 100.6 68.7 9.6 178.9
300-600 14.9 59.9 15.9 90.7
0-600* 13.8 0.5 0 14.3
600-1200 2.3 14.2 6.2 22.7
Total 131.6 143.2 31.7 306.6
* For Jharia coalfield only
COAL PRODUCTION IN INDIA
LIGNITE PRODUCTION IN INDIA
A brief about Coal India Limited
l
Coal India Limited (CIL) is a ‘Maharatna’
Public Sector Undertaking under
administrative controls of Ministry of Coal
(MoC), Government of India with
headquarters at Kolkata, West Bengal,
India.
l
CIL is the single largest coal producing
company in the world.
www.cmpdi.co.in
OPERATIONS
CIL operates through 81 mining areas spread
over 8 provincial states of India.
Coal India has 430 mines of which 227 are
underground, 175 opencast and 28 mixed
mines.
CIL also operates 15 coal washeries (12
coking coal and 3 non-coking coal).
www.cmpdi.co.in
COAL INDIA LIMITED : Geographic position
CCL, CMPDI
BCCL
NCL
NEC
CIL Hq.
KOLKATA
ECL
MCL
SECL
WCL
www.cmpdi.co.in
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION
Based on the geological conditions priority is being given for adoption of Long-
wall Technology or deployment of Continuous Miners.
Efforts are also being made to identify suitable prospective sites for application
of High-wall Mining which is a mining method to extract coal from an exposed
coal seam at the terminating line of an opencast mine or in virgin properties
which are neither amenable to opencast nor underground mining exclusively..
SDL (Side Discharge Loader)/ LHD (Load Haul Dumper) as loading
machines were introduced in underground mines replacing manual basket
loading since early eighties. UDMs (Universal Drill Machines) were also
introduced in conjunction with SDLs/LHDs for face blasting and roof bolting.
The population of SDL/ LHD is envisaged to increase from the current level of
1000 nos. to 1500 nos in the mines of CIL during the XII Plan.
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
Followings are the list of mines deploying continuous miner/miners for which Project Report has
been prepared and approved.
Comp No of Mines Name of Mines (Capacity, Mty)
(CMs)
ECL 2 (3) Kumardih B (1.02 – 2CMs); Kottadih (0.51-1CM)
BCCL 1 (1) Block-II(0.45-1CM)
CCL 4 (5) Churi-Benti (0.50-1CM); Parej East(0.51-1CM); Piparwar- Mangardaha (1.02-2
CMs.), Amlo-Dhori (0.30-1CM)
WCL 5 (8) Jamunia (0.84-2CMs), Dhankasa(0.91–2CMs),Tawa-II(0.36-1CM),
Gandhigram(1.17-2CMs),Dhau-North UG (0.36-1CM)
SECL 5 (6) *Churcha Re-organisation(1.00–2CMs), Khairaha(0.465-1CM), Haldibari(0.42-
1CM), Ketki(0.30-1CM) & Vijay (West)(0.42-1CM)
MCL 2 (2) Talcher (West)(0.52-1CM), Natraj(0.52-1CM);
Total CIL 19 (25CMs) Total Planned Capacity: 12.595Mty
* In Churcha Re-organization 2 CM equipments have been supplied & is in the process of commissioning .
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
Continuous Miner Technology: At Present, 8Continuous Miners are deployed in the
following 7 under ground mines of CIL
Subsidiary No of Name of the mines, CM Capacity (Mty)
Co. mines
(CMs)
ECL 2 (3) Jhanjra (0.95 – 2CMs) and Sarpi (0.46)
WCL 1(1) Tandsi(0.51)
SECL 4(4) Kapildhara (0.43), Sheetal Dhara – Kurja (0.42),
Pinoura (0.40) and Rani – Atari(0.18)
Total CIL 7(8) Total Planned Capacity: 3.35 Mty (8CMs)
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
Continuous Miner Technology
In addition, there are mines deploying continuous miner/miners for which Project Report
has been prepared but not approved. The lists of these mines are as below:
Subsidiary No. of Name of Mines (CM Capacity , Mty)
Company Mines (CMs)
ECL 8(21) Jhanjra LHCM (0.72 – 2CMs), Tilaboni (1.86 – 4CMs),
Shankarpur (1.163 – 2CMs), Pandabeswar-Dalurband (1.17
– 2CMs), Rangamati B (Gourbazar Sector) (0.855 -2CMs),
Rangamati B (Tumni & Kanchanpur Sector) (1.08 –
3LHCMs ), Bakulia (1.44 – 4CMs), Siduli (1.02- 2CMs)
BCCL - -
CCL - -
WCL - -
SECL 1(2) Pathakpur (0.72 -2 CMs)
MCL
Total CIL 9(23CMs) Total Possible Capacity 10.028 Mty
Grand Total (Continuous Miner): 25.973Mty
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
Long-wall Technology:
At present in CIL no PSLW face is in operation. However, one shortwall face at
Balarampur mine at SECL is in operation.
Work orders have already been issued for operating five mines (Jhanjra in ECL,
Kapuria, Moonidih (both XV & XVI seam), and Muraidih in BCCL) by long-wall
technology.
Likely capacity addition from these mines will be around 8.9 Mty. The lists of these
mines are as below:
Subsidiary Name of the Mines Capacity (Mty)
BCCL Moonidih XVI 0.7
BCCL Moonidih XV 2.5
BCCL Kapuria 2.0
BCCL Muraidih 2.0
ECL Jhanjra 1.7
Total 8.9
Moreover, three mines namely, Nand, Murpar and Borda of WCL have been identified for
deployment of PSLW technology. The NIT document for Murpar and Borda mines approved
by WCL Board & global bidding is under process. The NIT document of Nand mine is under
finalization.
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
High-wall Mining:
Coal is extracted by driving a series of parallel entries from the
high wall up to a significant depth within the coal horizon. This
technology allows recovery of coal blocked in the batter in
opencast projects. At present this technology has been
implemented in Sharda Opencast project of SECL.
Further for Baturia mine of SECL, this technology has been
proposed for which PR has been prepared.
UNDERGROUND MINE MECHANISATION (Contd.)
High-wall Mining:
Coal is extracted by driving a series of parallel entries from the
high wall up to a significant depth within the coal horizon. This
technology allows recovery of coal blocked in the batter in
opencast projects. At present this technology has been
implemented in Sharda Opencast project of SECL.
Further for Baturia mine of SECL, this technology has been
proposed for which PR has been prepared.
Continuous Miner
It is a mass production technology which gives several
advantages over other technologies in bord & pillar
method of mining.
Comparatively higher rate of output
Integrated system of mining in which all unit operations
are mechanised
Suitable under wide thickness range of coal seams
Comparatively safer method of mining
Video of CM
Video of Bolter-Miner
www.cmpdi.co.in
Continuous Miner
www.cmpdi.co.in
Powered Support Longwall Face
www.cmpdi.co.in
THANK YOU
www.cmpdi.co.in
