India ranks third amongst
the coal producing countries in the world. Average annual
production growth rate during 1980's was about 6.5%
as against the global of 2.3%. Most of the coal production
in India comes from openpit mines contributing over
80% of the total production. A number of large openpit
mines of over 10 million tonnes production per annum
capacity are in operation.
The coal reserves of India upto the depth of 1200 m.
have been estimated by the Geological Survey of India
as 2,11,593.61 million tones as on 1.1 2000. The state-wise
distribution of coal reserves is as follows:
Sl. No.
State
Reserves
(in million tonne)
1
Andhra Pradesh
13,586.80
2
Arunachal Pradesh
90.23
3
Assam
320.21
4
Bihar
69,128.19
5
Madhya Pradesh
43,429.71
6
Maharashtra
7,077.11
7
Meghalaya
459.43
8
Nagaland
19.94
9
Orissa
50,448.65
10
Uttar Pradesh
1,061.80
11
West Bengal
25,908.54
12
TOTAL
211,593.61
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