RE: A coal mine hardly exploited and then what?12 Oct 2023 21:51
Thanks Searcher , a very interesting article, the nub of the issue with Bara is they have tried underground mining from the central parts because the seam is deeper there and that's been a disaster, it costs way more to produce that coal than it does import it and the massive subsidence has caused hardship all around...because it's too shallow and they are limited in what the can do to avoid fatal collapses. as stated in the article "Whatever coal has been produced, it was extracted from the central part of the mine. So, the northern and southern parts, comparatively shallow reserves, are yet to be developed," he added.
According to a proposal sent to the Energy and Mineral Resources Division on January 29 this year, Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited projected that approximately six million tonnes of coal could be produced annually from these two parts if open-pit mining is conducted. However, no decision has been delivered to the mine operator"
To answer an earlier post the reason Phulbari would not be mined by underground methods it's too shallow, just like the rest of Bara, it's too dangerous and and even if you could uneconomical. There was talk a few years back about the prospects of OP at Bara and the narrative back then was it was not economically viable unless combined with Phulbari. All this stuff takes time, and it's a very complex scenario right now in BD - where things take much longer than the rest of the world at the best of times - coincidentally 2027/8 isn't that the projected timeline for Phulbari coming online if we get the SOD approved in 2024. After 15 years plus here I am of the opinion that if it's going to happen it will be in the next 6-12 months, don't think it will be announced before the 'election' if they can help it , but that could all change rapidly if civil unrest about the current situation gets out of hand before then. Interesting times.
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