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	–	1968	–

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
–	0.83	2023	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.

As per reporting from March 2024, production reached 0.45 Mt in 2020, 0.77 Mt in 2021, 0.47 Mt in 2022 and increased to 0.83 Mt in 2023.

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