Inaglinsky Coal Mine 1

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Inaglinsky Coal Mine 1 (Шахта Инаглинская 1) is an operating coal mine in Neryungri, Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Inaglinsky Coal Mine 1	Neryungri, Neryungrinsky, Sakha, Russia	56.943611, 124.750556 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	2020	–
Proposed	Construction	New	2023	–

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
–	6	2022	Underground	–	–	448*	#REF!*
6	–	–	Underground	–	–	448*	*

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
71	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	VaninoTransUgol coal terminal
71	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	VaninoTransUgol coal terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
GOK Inaglinsky JSC	Kolmar LLC	Russia
GOK Inaglinsky JSC	Kolmar LLC	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	–	–	–	–	3.94	6	6.3*

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

Inaglinsky-1 coal mine (Шахта Инаглинская-1) is an underground mine in Republic of Sakha, Russia.

It is part of the Inaglinskiy Mining Complex (Инаглинский ГОК) which also includes the Inaglinskiy open-pit coal mine and the proposed Inaglinsky-2 coal mine. The Inaglinsky-1 coal mine is operated by GOK Inaglinsky JSC, which is owned by Kolmar.

The underground mine was commissioned in September 2020, together with the washing plant Inaglinskaya-2. Its capacity is 6 million tonnes (Phase 1). The construction of Phase 2 (Inaglinsky-2 coal mine) with capacity of another 6 million tonnes is under way. When Phase 2 is commissioned, the Inaglinsky mine will be the largest underground mine in Russia.

Coal from the Inaglinsky mining complex is exported via the VaninoTransUgol coal terminal, which is owned by Kolmar and began operating in 2020. The terminal, together with the mines and the washing plant, completes the creation of the unified production and logistics complex. Coal exports are targeted at the Asian Pacific region, in particular at China and Japan. About 70% of coking coal shipments are to China. Kolmar is also conducting contract negotiations with the largest state-owned and private metallurgical companies in India.

In December 2024 it was reported that the mine extracted 7 million tonnes of coal. It was not clear whether any coal was already extracted from the new mine Inaglinsky Coal Mine 2, it was still referred to as being 'in construction'. This production level has marked overall 25 Mt production from the mine since it started operations. Just a few days later, rock collapse occurred in the mine, with one fatality and one miner injured. Operations of GOK Inaglinsky were said to be suspended for 90 days following this tragic event.

Inaglinsky Complex

The strategy of Kolmar is to expand the mining complex. Coal from the Inaglinsky mining complex is exported via the VaninoTransUgol coal terminal, which is owned by Kolmar and began operating in 2020. The terminal, together with the mines and the washing plant, completes the creation of the unified production and logistics complex. Coal exports are targeted at the Asian Pacific region, in particular at China and Japan. About 70% of coking coal shipments are to China.

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