Elginskiy Coal Mine

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Elginskiy Coal Mine (Эльгинский угольный комплекс, Эльгинское) is an operating coal mine in Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Elginskiy Coal Mine	Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia	56.192426, 130.635752 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2011	–

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
–	20	2022	Surface	Open Pit	50	60*	1070*

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
2200	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	Vanino Bulk Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Elgaugol LLC	A-Property LLC [70.0%]; others [10.0%]; Energogrupp LLC	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	4	4	4	7	14	20	21

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	Permitted	Expansion	–	25	2023

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

Elginskiy coal mine (or Elga or Elginskoye) is a surface coal mine in Sakha Republic, Russia. The Elga coal complex is now operated by Elga Sibanthracite (Elsi Group), a new company created by A-Property following the merger between Elgaugol and Sibanthracite Group in September 2022. Previously in March 2020, A-Property, a company owned by Russian businessman Albert Avdolyan, agreed to buy the 49% stake in Elgaugol from Gazprombank. A-Property then purchased the remaining 51% of Elgaugol from Mechel.

The Elga coal mine is part of the Elginskoye coal field in Sakha Republic. It is the largest coking coal deposit in Russia, its reserves are 2.2 billion tonnes.

Permission for the Elga mine was gained in 2007. Development started in 2010, following the start of construction of the spur-track linking Baikal-Amur Mainline’s Ulak station with the Elga coalfield. The spur-track was completed in 2011, and coal extraction began that year.

A-Property developed an extensive investment program for the mine complex following the acquisition. In 2020, production reached 7 million tonnes (up from 4.3 million tonnes in 2019). In 2021, production more than doubled to 14.7 million tonnes. In January-June 2022, Elgaugol boosted production to 10.3 million tonnes, while the target for the full 2022 was 20 million tonnes, which was achieved. In 2023 the company plans to produce 26 million tonnes. Most of the coal is exported.

As of August 2022, Elsi Group was building five washing plants with a combined processing capacity of 10.5 Mtpa, and planned to launch the first stage of the complex in September 2022. The rest of the facilities are expected to be finished by the end of 2022. The overall washing capacity will reach 24 Mtpa upon project completion.

Expansion

The company plans to reach production levels of 45 million tonnes by 2023. The company has announced public consultation of the expansion project in June 2022. In May 2023, project documentation and the feasibility study received approval from Glavgosekspertiza.

• Owner: Elgaugol LLC
• Owner: A-Property
• Location: 415km east of Neryungri, in Neryungrinsky District, Sakha Republic, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 56.192426, 130.635752 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 14.7 million tonnes (2021), 20 million tonnes (2022)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 2.2 billion tonnes (Proved and Probable, JORC 2014)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2011
• Source of Financing:

Transport

Coal is taken from Elga on a private railway. It travels 321 kilometers on the Ulak – Elga railroad constructed by Mechel to link the mine to the Baikal-Amur main train line. The mine is 2430 km from Port Posiet and 1,900km from Vanino Port, from which the coal is exported.

Another railway line is planned to the sea of Ohotsk. The line called the Pacific Railway, will connect the mine with the sea terminal Port Elga coal terminal at Cape Manorsky near the settlement of Chumikan (Khabarovsk Territory). The facility is planned to be commissioned in 2026. The main line will be the longest private railway in Russia. Its length will be 531 km.

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: 25Mt (to 45Mtpa in 2023)
• Start Year: 2023
• Source of Financing:

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