Barzasskoye Tovarischestvo Coal Mine

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Barzasskoye Tovarischestvo Coal Mine (Разрез Барзасское товарищество,разрез Барзасский) is an operating coal mine in Berezovsky, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Barzasskoye Tovarischestvo Coal Mine	Berezovsky, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	55.7254813895237, 86.017553906105 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2006	–

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
–	3.2	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	#REF!*

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
–	–	–	Glushinsky	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Barzasskoye Tovarishestvo LLC	Stroyservis JSC	Russia

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

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	1.30	1.76	2.21	2.824	2.9	2.67*	3.2*

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Construction	Expansion	–	0.9	2022

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

Background

The Barzasskoye tovarischestvo coal mine (разрез Барзасское товарищество) is an operating surface mine in the Kemerovo Oblast in Russia. The Barzasskoye tovarishestvo coal mine is owned and operated by Barzasskoe Tovarischestvo LLC, which in turn is owned by Stroyservis JSC.

The Barzasskoye tovarischestvo coal mine is the youngest mine of the company. It was put into operation in 2006 at the sites of the Glushinsky coal deposit.

The company produces coal of coking and energy grades KS, KO, SS (Bituminous). There is a processing plant of its own with an annual processing capacity of 2.5 million tonnes of coal per year.

In the 10 months of 2022, the mine produced 2.225 million tonnes of coal. In May 2022, there was a fatality at the mine when a truck fell in the pit.

All coal mines owned by Stroyservis decreased 2023 production by about 7% to 16.3 million tonnes. However, the Barzasskoye tovarishestvo appeared to have increased production. The mine was reported to have produced 2.55 million tonnes of coking coal. Assuming the same share of coking vs thermal coal as in 2022 (78% vs 22%), total 2023 coal production of the mine was estimated at 3.2 million tonnes.

Expansion

In addition to the existing mine, two expansion projects were considered: Gusinsky-South and Shcherbinovsky. They were mentioned in Russia's 'Programme for Coal Industry Development up to 2035', released in June 2020.

Gusinsky-South was planned to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2020. It appeared that it was commissioned as planned in late 2019/2020 as Stroyservis has been reporting environmental indicators and explosion activity separately for this section of the mine.

As for Scherbinovsky, in its press release from December 2021 the company mentioned the plan to produce a total of 4.1 million tonnes in 2022, including an additional 0.9 million tonnes from Scherbinovsky. However as of September 2023 it appeared that this section was not yet producing as there was no explosion activity or environmental indicators reported for this section of the mine during 2022 or 2023. Actual 2022 production also fell short of the previous expectation and was around 2.7 million tonnes.

The technical documentation for the public discussion of Scherbinovsky section was published in August 2024 (without underlying documentation), with the plan to conduct environmental assessment of the expansion from June to November 2024. It therefore appeared that the expansion project was still being developed.

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