Barora Area
mine in India
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 23.794689°N 86.214789°E / 23.794689; 86.214789.
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
Muraidih colliery is a mixed mine having both underground and open cast mines. The colliery has an open cast section with hired arrangements for extraction of overburden and transportation of coal. Shatabdi OCP was carved out of Muraidih colliery in 2000 and later amalgamated with Muraidih colliery in 2014. A private company was used for operating underground mine in seam I & III using continuous miner. It has a reserve of 115 million tonnes.
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