Apartak Coal Mine

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Apartak Coal Mine (Апартакский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Ahangaran, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Apartak Coal Mine	Ahangaran, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	41.061419, 70.131543 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	*

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
–	–	–	–	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

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

Apartak Coal Mine is a surface coal mine in Ahangaran, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan. The Apartak coal mine is owned and operated by Uzbekkomir JSC (Uzbekugol), which is a state-owned company. The Apartak mine is adjacent to the bigger Angren coal mine.

The mine once produced a fractional share- 50,000 tonnes- but in 2020 produced 400,000 tonnes with plans to boost expansion to 1 million tonnes.

A notice published in October 2022 by Uzbekugol stated that 2022 production will reach 0.5 million tonnes and will stay at that level in 2023-2026. In February 2023, the company published a press release stating that 2022 production together with Angren coal mine reached 5.07 million tonnes, an increase of 4% compared with 2021.

• Owner: Uzbekkomir JSC
• Parent: State Assets Management Agency (Uzbekistan)
• Location: Ahangaran, Tashkent Region, Uzbekistan
• Coordinates: 41.0614, 70.1315 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Production: 0.4 million tonnes (2020), 0.5 million tonnes (2022), 5.07 million tonnes (2022 jointly with the Angren coal mine)
• Total reserves (Mt):
• Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine type: Surface
• Source of financing:

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