Berezovsky 1 Coal Mine

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Berezovsky 1 Coal Mine (Разрез Березовский-1, Березовский разрез СУЭК) is an operating coal mine in Sharypovo, Sharypovsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Berezovsky 1 Coal Mine	Sharypovo, Sharypovsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia	55.67776, 89.175606 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1980	–

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
–	7.5	2022	Surface	–	–	50*	1019*

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
3363	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Berezovskaya power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Berezovsky JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC [100.0%]	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	4	4	5	3	3	7	7

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

Berezovsky coal mine (Разрез Березовский), also known as Berezovsky-1 is an operating coal mine in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. Berezovsky coal mine is owned and operated by Razrez Berezovsky JSC, which is owned by Siberian Energy Coal Company (SUEK).

The construction of the Berezovsky-1 open pit, with an initial design capacity of 55 million tonnes, started in 1980. As of 2022 its capacity was stated at 7 million tonnes.

Coal from the mine goes directly to the Berezovskaya power station by 15km of conveyor belt.

In 2018 SUEK was constructing a plant at the mine to produce briquettes from coke breeze with reduced iron content for ferroalloys and silicon industries. In 2019 a facility for the deep processing of brown coal with an annual capacity of 30,000 tonnes of finished product was ready for commissioning. The facility launched in 2020 after final investments of 1 billion roubles. Smokeless coal pellets called 'Siberian briquettes' became available for purchase by households.

The mine met the annual target for 2022 already by the end of August, having produced 4.4 million tonnes. Total 2022 production reached 7.5 million tonnes, almost double compared with 2021.

As of June 2023, the coal mine was 74% ahead of the production plan. The growth was due to additional requests from Berezovskaya power station. "The second year of intensified mining dictates the need to increase coal reserves for extraction. Two new BelAZ dump trucks were put into operation at the mine for overburden stripping, and another BelAZ started working at the mine. Borodino is also implementing a project to lay the the railway tracks and build a new transport interchange. The project is scheduled for completion in 2025."

• Owner: Razrez Berezovsky JSC
• Parent Company: Siberian Energy Coal Company (SUEK)
• Location: Sharypovo, Sharypovsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
• GPS Coordinates: 55.677760, 89.175606 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 7 mtpa
• Production: 3.381 mtpa (2020), 7.5 mtpa (2022)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves: 3,363 Mt (2021)
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1980
• Source of Financing:

Opposition

On February 17, 2018, about 80 people blocked the road to the Berezovsky open-pit coal mine for 10 hours. “Our cancer wards are full,” screamed one of the detained activists to the policemen, in a posted YouTube video of the event. Five protesters were detained, and two of them sentenced to two nights in jail.

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