Borodinsky Coal Mine

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Borodinsky Coal Mine (Бородинский угольный разрез; разрез Бородинский имени М.И. Щадова) is an operating coal mine in Borodino, Rybinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Borodinsky Coal Mine	Borodino, Rybinsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia	55.840966, 94.931056 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1949	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	22.2	2022	Surface	Open Pit	20	100	1300

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
490	–	–	Kansk-Achinsk	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
SUEK-Krasnoyarsk JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC [100.0%]	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	19	21	22	19	19	22	22*

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	–	4	2025 (planned)

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

Borodinsky coal mine (Бородинский разрез) is a surface mine in the Rybinsky district of the Krasnoyarsk region, Russia. The Borodinsky coal mine is owned and operated by SUEK-Krasnoyarsk JSC, a subsidiary of SUEK. This mine is in the Kansk-Achinsk coal basin and is 152 km east of Krasnoyarsk. It is the largest surface mine in Russia.

The mine was commissioned in 1949 with a production capacity of 1 million tonnes of coal per year. It had been built between 1945 and 1949 by Gulag prisoners. Originally workers used picks and shovels in order to mine coal, while the rocks were transported by wheelbarrows. By 1987 its production capacity was brought up to 29 million tons per annum. In the early 80s, the Borodinsky open pit mined 19 million tonnes of coal, and by 1991 the maximum level of coal production reached 30 million tonnes per annum.

In the period from 1950 to 2005, the Borodinsky open pit mine produced 794 million tonnes of coal. In January 2016, the one billionth tonne of coal was mined here, making it the largest coal strip mine in the country.

Coal is shipped to almost all Siberian combined heat and power plants (CHPs), along with utilities and defence companies of the Russian Far East.

Production in the first 6 months of 2022 has grown to 10.9 million tonnes, 1 million higher than in the same period in 2021, due to the high load factors of Siberian thermal power plants as hydro generation has been low. Total 2022 production is estimated at 22.2 million tonnes (calculated as the total reported production of SUEK's coal mines in Krasnoyarsk less reported production at the other two mines). 2023 production was similar to 2022 levels, as per reporting, although no exact figure was available.

• Owner: SUEK-Krasnoyarsk JSC
• Parent: Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
• Location: near Borodino, Rybinsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 55.840966, 94.931056 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 22 mtpa (capacity); 22.3 mtpa (2019 production); 19.3 mtpa (2020 production); 19.06 million tonnes (2021), 22.2 million tonnes (2022 estimate)
• Total Resource: 490 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1949
• Source of Financing:

Expansion

In 2019, SUEK mentioned in a press release that it planned to bring production to the level of 26 million tonnes per year in 2020. As of the end of 2022, this has not yet been achieved.

Later in September 2022 SUEK mentioned a project to upgrade the logistical capabilities of the mine. Large-scale changes will affect the eastern part of the pit: a new transport interchange with a tunnel and the Vostochny Exchange post will be built, where trains will be distributed along the tracks of the eastern part of the pit. The project aims to ensure 'further advancement of the mining front to the east'. The construction of the facility was scheduled for 2023-2024. As per March 2024 industry report, refurbishment of the mining works with construction of railway tracks was on-going, allowing to redirect production from the eastern part of the mine to the centre. Completion was now scheduled for 2025.

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: 4 million tonnes to 26 Mtpa
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2025
• Source of Financing:

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