Gorlovsky Coal Mine

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Gorlovsky Coal Mine (разрез Горловский) is an operating coal mine in Belovo, Iskitimsky, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gorlovsky Coal Mine	Belovo, Iskitimsky, Novosibirsk, Russia	54.56819, 83.58942 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1976	–

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
–	–	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	*

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
24.3	–	–	–	Anthracite	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Kolyvansky JSC	A-Property LLC	Russia

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

Gorlovsky Coal Mine (разрез Горловский) is a surface mine in Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. The Gorlovsky coal mine used to be owned and operated by Siberian Anthracite OJSC, part of Sibanthracite Group, which was sold to A-Property in late 2021 for USD 1 billion. Following the completion of the sale transaction, in 2022 A-Property consolidated the coal assets of Sibanthracite Group and A-Property under the new management company Elga-Sibanthracite (ELSI). Siberian Anthracite OJSC was renamed Razrez Kolyvansky LLC in October 2022.

The subsections of the mine are named Urgunsky and Gorlovsky sites. In 2020, the Urgunsky subsection was temporarily mothballed due to the pandemic, but resumed operation in 2021.

In 2020, joint production of the Gorlovsky coal mine and Kolyvansky coal mine (together, former Siberian Anthracite) was 5.9 million tonnes. In 2021, this increased to 7.3 million tonnes. 2022 joint production reached 7.7 million tonnes. It is understood that the Kolyvansky mine is the larger producing mine among the two.

• Owner: Razrez Kolyvansky LLC
• Parent: A-Property
• Location: Belovo, Iskitimsky District, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia
• Coordinates: 54.56819, 83.58942 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: see Kolyvansky coal mine for joint production
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves: 24.3 Mt (2021, JORC)
• Coal Type: ANTHRACITE)
• Mine Type: SURFACE
• Start Year: 1976
• Source of Financing:

Seismic activity

According to a study published in Seismic Instruments, the number of earthquakes in the Gorlovsky Region has increased in the years following the development of coal mines in the area. These earthquakes have included a 4.3 magnitude quake which effected the city of Novosibirsk. The study found that the intensification of mining activity in the basin was highly likely to have been a contributing factor to the earthquake.

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