Barora Area


Barora Area is one of the 12 operational areas of BCCL located in Dhanbad Sadar subdivision of Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand, India.

Geography

Location

The Barora Area office is located at.
The Barora Area is at the western end of Jharia coalfield.
The map alongside shows some of the collieries in the Area. However, as the collieries do not have individual pages, there are no links in the full screen map.

Mining activity

An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in Cluster I, Cluster II and Cluster XV as of 2012, is as follows:
1.Muraidih colliery, consisting of both underground and open cast mines, has a normative production capacity of 5.50 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 7.15 million tonnes per year. Shatabdi open cast project has a normative production capacity of 1.4 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 1.82 million tonnes per year.
2. Damoda colliery has three units – Albion section, underground mine and BJ section. The Albion section has a normative production capacity of 0.20 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.26 million tonnes per year. The underground mine has a normative production capacity of 0.10 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.13 million tonnes per year. The BJ section has a normative production capacity of 0.60 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.78 million tonnes per year.
3. Phularitand open cast mine has a normative production capacity of 3 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 3.90 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 18 years. Phularitand underground mine has a normative production capacity of 0.120 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.156 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.
4. Madhuband colliery with an underground mine has a normative production capacity of 0.113 million tonnes per year and a peak production capacity of 0.147 million tonnes per year. It had an expected life of over 30 years.