Angren Coal Mine

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Angren Coal Mine (Ангренский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Angren Coal Mine	Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	41.036101, 70.180128 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1948	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	5.073	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	130	1146*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
1765	–	2000	Angren	Lignite	Thermal	Angren power station; Novo-Angren power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Uzbekkomir JSC	Uzbekkomir JSC [100%]	Uzbekistan

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	–	3	3	3	4	5	5

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Angren coal mine is a surface mine in Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Angren coal mine is owned by Uzbekugol, which is a state-owned entity. It is the largest coal mine in Uzbekistan. Together with the much smaller Apartak Coal Mine, it accounts for over 90% of Uzbekistan's coal production (as of 2021).

The development of the mine complex commenced back in the 1940 with the commissioning of several underground mines (1,2,3,8 and 9). The last operating underground mine 9 was closed in 2004.

In accordance with the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2019, Central Asia Energy LLC was appointed as a trusted manager with a package of 90.08% of the charter capital of Uzbekkomir JSC.

In 2020, the mine produced 3.7 million tonnes. In 2021, it planned to produce 4.5 million tonnes.

The business plan published by Uzbekugol in October 2022 stated that 2022 production will reach 4.2 million tonnes and will stay at 4.2-4.6 million tonnes in 2023-2026. In February 2023, the company published a press release stating that 2022 production together with the smaller Apartak Coal Mine reached 5.07 million tonnes, an increase of 4% compared with 2021. Apartak mine produced about 0.5 Mt in 2022.

Uzbekugol in an interview from October 2022 mentioned that "the northern and northwestern sides of the Angren pit are rapidly expanding, new upper ledges appear, on which excavators work. In order to increase the removal of overburden volumes, building a railway line to distant dumps with a length of 3.5 to 5 km is required, as well as an upgrade of existing fleet of locomotives".

The mine supplies coal to the Angren power station and Novo-Angren power station.

In May 2023, the President of Uzbekistan ordered the Angren coal mine to increase production by 22% in 2023, the company received USD80 million loan to be able to achieve this. Total coal production in Uzbekistan is set to increase from 5.3 Mt in 2022 to 6.5Mt in 2023. As of 9m 2023, national coal production increased by 14.5% reaching 4.46Mt. Push for higher coal production is due to decreasing gas production volumes.

• Owner: Uzbekkomir JSC
• Parent: State Assets Management Agency (Uzbekistan)
• Location: Angren, Okhangaron, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Coordinates: 41.036101, 70.180128 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 4.5 million tonnes per annum
• Production: 3.7 million tonnes (2020), 5.07 million tonnes (2022 jointly with Apartak Coal Mine)
• Total Resource:
• Total Reserves: 1,765 million tonnes
• Coal Type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start date: 1948
• Source of financing:

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