Ramgarh Coalfield
Overview
In 1917, L.S.S.O’Malley described the coalfields in the upper reaches of the Damodar as follows: “Near the western boundary of Jharia field is that of Bokaro, covering 220 square miles (570 km), with an estimated content of 1,500 million tons; close by is the Ramgarh field of (40 square miles), but the coal is believed to be of inferior quality. A still larger field in the same district is the Karanpura, which extends over 544 square miles (1,410 km) and has an estimated capacity of 9,000 million tons.”
The Coalfield
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Ramgarh Coalfield covers an area of 98 square kilometres (38 sq mi) and has total coal reserves of 1,059.20 million tonnes.
Reserves
Geological reserves in the Ramgarh Coalfield in million tonnes as on 1/4/2010:
| Type of Coal | Proved | Indicated | Inferred (exploration) |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium coking coal | 267.20 | 87.40 | 354.60 | |
| Semi-coking coal | 171.94 | 431.55 | 53.45 | 656.94 |
| Non-coking coal | 7.13 | 26.20 | 4.60 | 37.90 |
| Total | 446.27 | 545.15 | 58.05 | 1049.47 |
Projects
| CCL Operational Area | Projects |
|---|---|
| Rajrappa Area | Rajrappa OCP and Rajrappa Washery. The area office is at Rajrappa 829101. |
| Kuju Area | Karma opencast.The area office is at Hesagarha, Kuju 825316. |
| Non-CCL mines | Jharkhand State Mineral Development Corporation: Sugia, Rauta, Burakhap |
Transport
In 1927, Bengal Nagpur Railway opened the 72-mile (116 km) Barkakana-Muri-Chandil line to traffic. In the same year the Central India Coalfields Railway opened the Gomoh-Barkakana line. It was extended to Daltonganj in 1929. Later, these lines were amalgamated with East Indian Railway.
References
- ^ L.S.S. O’Malley, Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, Sikkim, p.87, Cambridge University Press, 1917 (paper back 2011) ISBN 978-1-107-60064-5
- ^ Prasoon Kumar Singh, Gurdeep Singh and Brajendra Kumar Tiwary. "Critical Evaluation of Geo-Environmental Scenario of Damodar River Basin, Inia" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-08-26.
- ^ "Inventory of Geological Resource of India Coal" (PDF). CMPDI. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas - Rajrappa. CCL. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Central Coalfields Limited". Areas - Kuju. CCL. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ "District Census Handbook Series 21 Part XII A" (PDF). Page 10: Minerals and Mining - Captive Coal Mining Blocks. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
- ^ "Indian Railway History Timeline". Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2008-08-26.