Fontanella Coal Mine

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Fontanella Coal Mine (Mina Fontanella) is an operating coal mine in Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Fontanella Coal Mine	Criciúma, Santa Catarina, Brazil	-28.487703, -49.461241 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1985	–

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
–	1.053	2020	Underground	Mixed	–	494*	652*

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	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Carbonifera Metropolitana	Carbonifera Metropolitana [100%]	Brazil

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

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

The Fontanella coal mine is owned by the Brazilian company Carbonífera Metropolitana S.A. and is located in the state of Santa Caterina. The Fontanella mine opened in 1985 and had a nameplate production capacity of 2.4 million metric tons (MMT) of "run of mine" (ROM) coal.

According to the website of Carbonífera Metropolitana, the Fontanella mine operated at peak production in 2008, after the closure of its sister mine, the Esperança mine, prompted increased exploitation of Fontanella mine.

In 2021, Mining Technology reported that the Fontanella mine (referred to as the "Circiuma Mine") was the fifth largest operating coal mine in Brazil in 2020, producing an estimated 1.053 millions tons per annum (MTPA) of coal in 2020.

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