Thar coalfield

The Thar Coal Field is located in Thar Desert, Tharparkar District of Sindh province in Pakistan. The deposits - fourth largest coal reserves in the world, were discovered in 1991 by Geological Survey of Pakistan (GSP) and the United State Agency for International Development.

Pakistan has emerged as one of the leading country - seventh in the list of top 20 countries of the world after the discovery of huge lignite coal resources in Sindh. The economic coal deposits of Pakistan are restricted to Paleocene and Eocene rock sequences. It is one of the world’s largest lignite deposits discovered by GSP in 90’s, spread over more than 9, 000 sq. kms. comprise around 175 billion tones sufficient to meet country’s fuel requirements for centuries.

References

http://www.pakistaneconomist.com/issue2001/issue34/i&e1.htm

http://www.gsp.gov.pk/resources/seminars2.htm

http://www.sindhmines.gov.pk/pdf/Thar%20Coal%20White%20Paper.pdf