|
COAL RESERVES
OF DIFFERENT BLOCKS OF THAR COALFIELD
|
S#
|
Block
|
Allocated
Investors
|
Exploring Agency
|
Area (sq Km)
|
Period
|
Seam Thickness (m)
|
Overburden (m) top of the First Coal Seam
|
Total Drill Holes
|
|
Reserves (million tonnes)
|
|
|
Measured
|
Indicated
|
Inferred
|
Total
|
|
0.4 km
|
0.4 -1.2 km
|
1.2
- 4.8 km
|
|
|
1
|
I
|
World Bank
|
GSP
|
122
|
1994-1995
|
8.36
|
137-189
|
41
|
620.42
|
1918.06
|
1028.43
|
3566.91
|
|
Rheinbraun
Engineering (Germany)
|
2003
|
30
|
588.035
|
403.351
|
11.934
|
1003.320
|
|
2
|
II
|
Engro JV
|
GSP
|
55.0
|
1994-1995
|
7.5-31
|
117-166
|
26+17
|
640.00
|
944.00
|
-
|
1584.00
|
|
Shenua Group
|
2002
|
120
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
3
|
III
|
Couger
|
'GSP
|
99.5
|
1995-1996
|
7.2-25
|
114-203
|
41
|
412.75
|
1337.01
|
258.28
|
2008.04
|
|
4
|
IV
|
Bin Daen
|
GSP
|
82
|
1996-2001
|
10.7-35.5
|
117-166
|
42
|
684.09
|
1711.28
|
76.14
|
2471.51
|
|
5
|
V
|
Planning Com
|
CNCGB
|
63.5
|
2005-2006
|
16.74-30.9
|
117-166
|
35
|
637
|
-
|
-
|
1394
|
|
6
|
VI
|
Oracle
|
CNCGB
|
66.1
|
2005-2006
|
9.20.7
|
115
|
35
|
762
|
-
|
-
|
1655
|
|
Sindh Carbon
Energy
|
2008
|
7
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
7
|
IIIB
|
|
DRD
|
76.8
|
2007-2008
|
2.86-21.83
|
140-171
|
14
|
225.94
|
938.91
|
288.33
|
1453.18
|
|
8
|
VII
|
|
DRD
|
100
|
2008-2009
|
6.82-24.44
|
114-218
|
52
|
572.28
|
1514.51
|
89.15
|
2175.95
|
|
9
|
VIII
|
|
DRD
|
100
|
2008-2009
|
1.45-42.60
|
126-175
|
58
|
882.81
|
2131.36
|
21.68
|
3035.85
|
|
SUB-TOTAL
|
764.9
|
|
20347.76
|
|
TOTAL
|
9000
|
|
175606
|
Physical &
Chemical Properties of Thar Coal
|
Heating value (CV) (Btu/lb)
|
Ranks as per ASTM classification
|
Fixed Carbon
(% age)
|
Volatile matter
(% age)
|
Moisture content
(% age)
|
Total Sulphur
(% age)
|
Ash
(% age)
|
|
6244
-11045
|
Lignite-B to
Sub-bituminous-A
|
14.2
-
34.0
|
23.1
-
36.6
|
29.6
-
55.5
|
0.4
-
2.9
|
2.9
-
11.5
|
|
PAKISTAN COAL RESERVES/RESOURCES
