Fong-Yaghnob Coal Mine

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Fong-Yaghnob Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Fong-Yaghnob Coal Mine	Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan	39.1758559246509, 68.6161615771154 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1987	–

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
–	0.6	2023	Underground & Surface	Mixed	102	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
835	–	1500	Fan-Yagnob	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shakhta Fong-Yaghnob	GUP Angishti Tojik	Tajikistan

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
ROM	0.6*	0.874*	0.93*	0.8*	0.736	0.6*	0.6*

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

Fong-Yaghnob Coal Mine is a surface and underground mine in Soghd region, Tajikistan. The mine is owned and operated by Mine Fong-Yaghnob, which in turn is owned by state-owned Angisti Tojik (Tajik Coal) with 57.7%.

The Fong-Yaghnob coal field stretches up to 24 km in a narrow strip in the north-west direction, the area is about 102 km2 and is conventionally divided into three parts: Western, Central and Eastern. The central part of the field, in turn, is divided into three sections: Kukhi-Maleksky, Ravatsky and Dzhizhikrutsky. The Karyerny site is an integral part of the Eastern area.

The absolute height of the site is 1680-2800 m. Fan-Yagnob Mine was built in mid-80s. The mine field has been opened by mine galleries, the chamber-and-pillar method is applied.

According to a media source from 2017, open surface mining started recently and another source from 2022 referred to both underground and surface mining by the Shakhta Fong-Yaghnob.

The mine produces bituminous coal that can be used in thermal power plants or in metallurgy.

According to the company's website, the mine supplies 60% of coal produced in Tajikistan (however this may be outdated).

In a media article from 2020 it was reported that coal production of the mine in 8 months of 2020 reached 0.545 million tonnes. In 2021, the mine produced 0.736 million tonnes. In 7 months of 2022, the mine produced 0.35 million tonnes. In seven months of 2023, the mine produced 0.388 million tonnes..

In 2021, Tajikistan produced 2.1 million tonnes of coal (1.7 million from the Soghd region where the mine is located). In 2022, this level of production (2.1Mt) was achieved already in the 11 months. Coal production in 2024 reached 2.6 million tonnes, increasing by 485 thousand tonnes compared to the previous year.

Incidents

In January 2025, three miners died in the underground mine after a rock collapse.

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