Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine

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Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Dogye-eup, Samcheok, Gangwon, South Korea.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine	Dogye-eup, Samcheok, Gangwon, South Korea	37.2049613, 129.0840286 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.554	–	Underground	–	–	494*	#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
–	–	–	–	Anthracite	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Kyungdong Co	Kyungdong Company	South Korea

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	0.544	0.544	0.5	0.5	0.46

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

The Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Coal Mine is an operating underground coal mine in Gangwon Province, South Korea. The Gyeong-dong Sangdeok coal mine is an underground anthracite coal mine. It is operated by Kyungdong Company, Ltd., a private company (unlike the other significant operating coal mines in South Korea, which are owned by the state-owned Korea Coal Corporation).

With the Republic of South Korea's last three state-run coal mines due to shut down by the end of 2025, Gyeong-dong Sangdeok Mine will be the only coal mine operating in Dogye, Ganwon-do Province.

Details

• Operator: Kyungdong Company, Ltd.
• Owner: Kyungdong Company, Ltd.
• Location: Dogye Town (Dogye-eup), Samcheok City (Samcheok-si), Gangwon Province (Gangwon-do), South Korea
• GPS Coordinates: 37.2049613, 129.0840286 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 0.86 million tonnes (2012); .554 million tonnes (2018)
• Total Reserves:
• Recoverable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Anthracite
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1955
• Workforce:
• Source of Financing:

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