Kante Coal Mine

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Kante Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kante Coal Mine	Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan	39.185034933485, 68.5845151043935 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2013	–

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
–	0.66	2023	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	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
–	–	–	Fan-Yagnob	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Talco Resurs LLC	Tajik Aluminimum Company OJSC	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	–	0.437*	0.37*	0.4*	0.456	–	0.66*

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

Kante Coal Mine is a surface mine in Ayni, Soghd region, Tajikistan. The Kante coal mine is owned and operated by Talco Resurs LLC, created in 2012. It is within the group of the the state-owned Tajik Aluminium Company OJSC (TALCO).

In March 2013, the Government of the country adopted a Decree on the allocation to develop high-quality coal from two sections “Dzhidzhikrut” and “Konte” (Kante) at the “Fon Yagnob” deposit in the Ainy district of the Sughd region. The mine is located in the Fong-Yaghnob coal field, just like Fong-Yaghnob Coal Mine, but on the western flank of the deposit.

As of 2020, Talco Resurs mined about 0.4 million tonnes, and it was said to be able to increase production several times depending on demand. Since its formation in 2012, Talco Resurs has mined about 2 million tonnes of coal. (that's 0.25 million tonnes per annum on average).

Talco Resurs supplies coal to thermal power plants and industrial sector in Tajikistan.

In the seven months of 2023, the mine was reported to have produced 388 thousand tonnes.

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