Kharanorsky Coal Mine

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Kharanorsky Coal Mine (Харанорский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Sherlovaya Gora, Borzinskiy, Zabaykalsky, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kharanorsky Coal Mine	Sherlovaya Gora, Borzinskiy, Zabaykalsky, Russia	50.565358, 116.401863 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1970	–

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
–	4.4	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	700

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
306	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Kharanorskaya power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Kharanorskiy JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC [100.0%]	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	3	4	4	4	4	4	–

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

Kharanorsky coal mine (Харанорский разрез) is a surface mine in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The mine is owned and operated by Razrez Kharanorsky JSC, a subsidiary of Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK).

The mines 2B & 3B, which produce the same amount, provide lignite to the Kharanorskaya power station and to the power stations of TGK-14.

In its 2018 Annual report, SUEK stated that their main project in Zabaikalye region relates to increasing the capacity of the Kharanorsky mine to 4 Mt by 2019.

It appears that this has been achieved. The mine produced 4.17 million tonnes in 2020 and 4.475 million tonnes in 2021. As of November 2022, the mine has produced 4 million tonnes and plans to extract 5 million tonnes in 2023.

• Owner: Razrez Kharanorsky JSC
• Parent: Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
• Location: Sherlovaya Gora, Borzinskiy District, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 50.565358, 116.401863 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4.17 million tonnes (2020), 4.475 million tonnes (2021), 4.4 million tonnes (2022 estimate based on 11m 2022)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 306 million tonnes (Proven and Probable, 2021)
• Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1970
• Source of Financing:

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