Denisovsky Surface Coal Mine

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Denisovsky Surface Coal Mine (участок открытых горных работ Денисовский) is an operating coal mine in Neryungri, Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Denisovsky Surface Coal Mine	Neryungri, Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia	56.7304381882019, 124.957629618602 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2011	2025 (planned)

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
–	1.6	2021	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
–	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	VaninoTransUgol coal terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
GOK Denisovsky JSC	Kolmar LLC	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	–	–	2.9	2.7	1.4*	1.1*	0.3*

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

Background

Denisovsky Surface Coal Mine (участок открытых горных работ Денисовский) is a surface mine in Neryungri, Sakha Republic, Russia.

The Denisovsky Surface coal mine is operated by GOK Denisovsky JSC, which is owned by Kolmar LLC.

It is part of the Denisovsky Mining Complex (Денисовский ГОК) which also includes the Denisovsky Vostochny Coal Mine and Denisovskaya Central Coal Mine.

GOK Denisovsky complex produced 5.1 million tonnes in 2022 - lower than in 2021 - one of the reasons is the consequences of the earthquake which affected the technological process of GOK Denisovsky. 2023 production declined further to 4.3 million tonnes.

As per government report from 2023, surface coal mining will continue until 2025.

2021- 2023 production volumes of the surface mine were estimated on the basis of declining trend, overall GOK production and the approaching end of surface coal mining.

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