Bararee Colliery is one of the underground mines of Lodna area of Bharat Coking Coal Limited subsidiary of Coal India Limited.[1] The present day Bararee Colliery is formed by amalgamation of the erstwhile two independent units of East India Coal Company, then called Bhulan Section & Bararee Section. Coal mining in these units was started back in 1905[citation needed] by East India Coal Company. Since then, a number of seams from top most XVI A to VII B seams have been worked through number of outlets. Presently there is only one pit i.e. 6 pit is in operation. It covers a surface area of about 2.64 km2. The average production is about 360 tonnes per day.[citation needed]
| Name of Unit | Geological Reserve [2] | Mineable Reserve | ||||
| Coking | Non Coking | Total | Coking | Non Coking | Total | |
| Bararee | 34.297 | 24.647 | 58.944 | 7.047 | 24.647 | 31.694 |
Location edit
Bararee Colliery which includes Bararee and Bhulan section is located in south-eastern part of the Jharia Coalfields. It lies between latitude 94600 N – 97200 N and departure 92600 E – 95800 E. North Latitude 23° 41′ 23″ and 23° 43′ 06″ and East Longitude 86° 26′ 17″ and 86° 24′ 56″. Bararee Colliery has the following boundaries:
North – Jealgora Colliery and Bagdigi Colliery
South – Patherdih Metamorphosis
East – Jeenagora and Joyrampur Colliery
West – Dhanbad – Sindri Road and Tisco Colliery
References edit
- ^ "BCCL-Lodna Area". Bharat Coking Coal Lmited. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
- ^ "Coal reserves". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.