Bolshesyrsky Coal Mine

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Bolshesyrsky Coal Mine (разрез Большесырский; Балахтинского филиала компании Сибуголь, Разрез Балахтинский (Большесырское месторождение)) is an operating coal mine in Bolshaya Syry, Balakhtinsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bolshesyrsky Coal Mine	Bolshaya Syry, Balakhtinsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia	55.535723, 91.569672 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2007	–

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
–	3.039	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	515*

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
168	–	–	Bolshesyrskoye	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Sibugol LLC	Sibugol LLC [100%]	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	–	2	2*	2	3	3	3

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

The Bolshesyrskoye (or Balakhtinsky ) Coal Mine (разрез Большесырский) is an operating surface coal mine in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. The Bolshesyrskoye coal mine is a surface coal mine that became operational in 2007. It is owned and operated by Sibugol LLC, which appears to be owned by private individuals. Bolshesyrskoye coal mine is the only mine of Sibugol.

The Bolshesyrskoye coal mine is located in the Bolshesyrskoye coalfield.

Its planned capacity is 5.5 million tonnes, but over 2010-2018 2 million tonnes of production were achieved. Production levels over 2019-2023 were around 3 million tonnes.

Environmental Issues

A media source from November 2022 referred to the mine polluting the river Syr with untreated wastewater. This was already detected by Rosprirodnadzor (State Environmental Supervisory Agency) in 2021 and the company was ordered to eliminate the violations, but the repeated inspection conducted in March 2022 showed that Sibugol ignored the order. According to the on-site inspection in March 2022, the discharge at three sites exceeded the limit levels for ammonium ions and sulphate ions, as well as strontium, which is prohibited for discharge. Rosprirodnadzor issued a repeat prescription to the company, limiting the deadline for its fulfilment to July 2022. However, instead of eliminating the violations, Sibugol filed a lawsuit against the environmental agency in arbitration, hoping to invalidate the order in terms of deadlines. However, the court refused Sibugol, noting that the company was given time from November 2021. Thus, the company was obliged to solve the issue of sewage treatment as soon as possible. Alexander Alexandrov, General Director of Sibugol, stated that the company has treatment facilities and they are currently undergoing modernisation. In addition, new water treatment systems were being designed and constructed.

• Owner: Sibugol LLC
• Parent: Sibugol LLC
• Location: Bolshaya Syry, Balakhtinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
• Coordinates: 55.535723, 91.569672 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 3.048 million tonnes (2021), 3.039 million tonnes (2022)
• Total Reserves: 168 MT
• Recoverable Reserves:
• Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2007
• Source of Financing:

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