Boshnyakovsky Coal Mine

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Boshnyakovsky Coal Mine (Бошняковский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Boshnyakovo, Uglegorsky, Sakhalin, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Boshnyakovsky Coal Mine	Boshnyakovo, Uglegorsky, Sakhalin, Russia	49.5936829008775, 142.227087892578 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1998	–

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
–	1	2019	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	255*

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Boshnyakovsky Ugolny Razrez LLC	Seriata Investments LLC [100.0%]	Cyprus

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	0	0	1	–	–	–	–

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

Boshnyakovsky coal mine (Бошняковский разрез) is a surface mine near Boshnyakovo, Uglegorsky District, Sakhalin, Russia. The mine is owned and operated by Boshnyakovsky Ugolny Razrez LLC, which in turn is owned by Seriata Investments.

In 2017 Boshnyakovsky won a tender for the license to extract coal in a new Onnai-Yuzhny section of Boshnyakovsky coalfield. The new section should have allowed the company to continue operating for longer as the previous reserves were only sufficient for another 4-5 years.

The mine produced about 1 million tons of coal in 2019, significantly higher than a few years before.

Production levels in 2021 and 2022 are not known, however as of September 2023 it appeared that the mine was operating.

Media reports from December 2023 referred to the decision of the owner to mothball the mine. The mothballing of the mine will be a smooth transition method to reduce production volumes. It is planned that special equipment will be gradually moved to the Solntsevsky coal mine and other assets of the Eastern Mining Company. Eastern Mining Company LLC (VMC) will take part in the employment of employees of the Boshnyakovsky coal mine.

Environmental Issues

In 2021 a local resident reported pollution in the delta of the river Onnai. The Ministry of Environment already fined the company previously in 2018 for environmental damage to the water sources due to lack of appropriate filtration systems. It is not known whether there were further investigations into this.

• Owner: Boshnyakovsky Ugolny Razrez LLC
• Parent: Seriata Investments LLC
• Location: Boshnyakovo, Uglegorsky District, Sakhalin, Russia
• Coordinates: 49.59368290087758, 142.22708789257845 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 1 million tonnes (2019)
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1998
• Source of Financing:

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