Karakansky-Zapadny Coal Mine

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Karakansky-Zapadny Coal Mine (участок Караканский-Западный) is an operating coal mine in Karakan, Belovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Karakansky-Zapadny Coal Mine	Karakan, Belovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.358257, 86.746502 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2010	–

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
–	4.7	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	670*

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
38	–	38	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shakhta Belovskaya CJSC	Karakan Invest LLC [100.0%]	Russia

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
Saleable	4	4	3	2	2*	2*	1*

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Shelved	Announced	Expansion	Stage 1	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

Karakansky-Zapadny coal mine (Караканский-Западный разрез) is an operating surface mine in the Belovo district in the Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Karakansky-Zapadny coal mine is a surface mine owned and operated by Shakhta Belovskaya CJSC (ЗАО Шахта Беловская), which is owned by Karakan Invest. In late 2021 Karakan Invest was acquired by EcoCarbonInvest. Shakhta Belovskaya CJSC also owns the Yevtinsky Perspektivny coal mine.

Karakan Invest is creating the coal energy cluster merging the extraction, processing and generating capacities of the Karakansky coal deposits including underground coal gasification on the site and production of coal to liquid fuel. Karakan Invest further includes a logistics company Belcommerce, an engineering company Promishlennik and the trading company Karakan Energo Trade.

Most of the operating indicators and investment plans are reported by Karakan Invest jointly for the Karakansky-Zapadny coal mine and the Yevtinsky Perspektivny coal mine. Joint production reached 4.8 million tonnes in 2021 and 4.7 million tonnes in 2022.

In 2020 it was 4.4 million tonnes in 2020, of which 2.1 million was contributed by Karakansky-Zapadny coal mine. No separate mine production figure is available for 2021 or 2022.

About half of the coal produced is exported.

The company mentioned in its Development Strategy from 2020 a plan to expand the seam to 6 million tonnes. However due to the lack of news on this expansion and the recent news on suspension of new investment activity in Kuzbass, this project can be considered as Shelved.

• Owner: Shakhta Belovskaya CJSC
• Parent: Karakan Invest LLC
• Location: Karakan, Belovsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.358257, 86.746502 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4.5 Mt/year, 3.1 million tonnes (2019 production), 2.1 million tonnes (2020 production), 4.7 million tonnes (2022 - Joint with Yevtinsky Perspektivny coal mine)
• Total Reserves: 38 million tonnes (for surface mining)
• Coal type: Subbituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2010
• Source of Financing:
  

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Shelved
• Capacity: 1.5Mt to reach 6Mtpa
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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