Large explored and recovered deposits of coal in Baluchistan

  British colonial forces localized large reserves of coal in the mountainous region Chamalng - Loralai in Baluchistan in 1885. The Britons mined coal in Baluchistan from 1890’s to the founding of the state of Pakistan.

Since the Pakistani army occupied Baluchistan in 1948, the large coal mines in Baluchistan have been looted by the Pakistani rulers, Punjabi generals and non-Baluchi investors.

 Coal reserves in the northeastern regions of Baluchistan: Dagary, Mach, Harnai, Kingri, Abegum, Ziarat and Loralaei - Chamalng are estimated to approximately three hundred million metric tones. The coal deposites in Baluchistan are among the largest reserves in the world. Coal mine reserves in Chamalang alone extends over an area of ​​one thousand four hundreds (1400) square kilometers.

Coal mines in Baluchistan

Coal fields	Total coal reserves ( Estimated weight in metric tones )
Dengari	17 Millions metric tones
Sohr - Rangi	14 Millions metric tones
Shahrig	31 Millions metric tones
Sonda	18 Millions metric tones
Duki, Harnai,Dagari, Mach, Ziarat, Chamalang and Abegum	221 Millions metric tones

 Pakistan use Baluchistan's coal train operation and power production. Coal is the less expensive and the most important alternative energy source for the steel industry, private companies and all the Pakistani industry as the main source for electricity production.

 Annually, hundreds of millions of dollars are excavated from coal mines in Chamalang-Loralai alone and such numbers are based on industry information.

Available documentation and information from industry show a coal recovery topping 4800 metric tones daily where approximately half of the recovery stems from the coal mines in the Chamalang-Loralai region under the direct supervision of the Pakistani army.

 The final recovered and refined coal is continuously transported out of the Baluchistan to various destinations in Pakistan and China.

 China is the world's largest coal producer with an annual consumption in the domestic market of 1.4 billion tons. Nevertheless, a significant part of the increasing demand for coal-fired power plants in China domestically are from coal mines in occupied Baluchistan.

Research Team for the mapping of Baluchistan's natural resources

Oslo,

21. mai 2012