The Bastacola Area was formed with 33 mines of the pre-nationalised era. The primitive culture then prevailing contributed to low productivity of mines. After nationalisation efforts have been made to streamline systems and improve operational systems.
Geography
Location
The Bastacola Area is located around. 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. In the map placed further down, all places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map. The Bastacola Area is situated in the eastern portion of Jharia coalfield. It is about 8 km east of Dhanbad Junction railway station.
Kuya colliery has an underground mine and an open cast mine.
Ghanoodih colliery has an open cast mine.
Kujama colliery has an open cast mine operated with hired equipment.
Mine plan
An overview of the proposed mining activity plan in Cluster VIII, a group of 6 mines in the Bastacola Area, as of 2013, is as follows: 1. Bastacola colliery with both an underground mine and an open cast mine. The underground was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.429 million tonnesper year and an expected life of 18 years. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.13 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 3 years. 2. Bera colliery with both an underground mine and an open cast mine. The underground was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.247 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 13 years. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.195 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 3 years. 3. Dobari colliery with a proposed open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 3.86 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 6 years. 4. Ghanoodih colliery with an open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 1.820 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 5 years. 5. Kuya colliery with a proposed open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 2.60 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 15 years. 6. Kujama colliery with an open cast mine. The open cast mine was proposed to have a peak production capacity of 0.780 million tonnes per year and an expected life of 5 years.
Mine fire
Kujama colliery is affected by mining fire and is closed since 1995. Ghanoodih colliery is affected by surface fire in the south-east portion of the quarry.
