Kyzyl-Bulak Coal Mine

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Kyzyl-Bulak Coal Mine (Кызыл-Булак) is an operating coal mine in Kyzyl-Bulak, Aravan district, Osh, Kyrgyzstan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kyzyl-Bulak Coal Mine	Kyzyl-Bulak, Aravan district, Osh, Kyrgyzstan	40.2267051643109, 72.2766448984093 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1994	–

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
–	0.5	2021	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	#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
3.71	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Parity Coal LLC	Parity Coal LLC	Kyrgyzstan

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	–	–	–	–	0.5*	–	–

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

Kyzyl-Bulak Coal Mine is a surface mine in Kyzyl-Bulak, Osh Region, Kyrgyzstan. Parity Coal LLC owns the mine, the mine began operating in 1993 and produces thermal, subbituminous coal.

In 2013 the mine produced 0.479 million tonnes of coal.

In 2018 it was reported that the mine started coal exports to China, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

A media article from 2022 referred to the production of over 0.5 million tonnes per annum from a mine operated by Parity Coal. Parity Coal was also named as the one having contributed the most to the national budget among the coal producing companies in 2022.

According to national statistical data, 0.87 million tonnes was produced in 2021 and 0.97 million tonnes in 2022 in the Osh region where the Kyzyk-Bulak coal mine is located. In 2023 this increased to over 1 million tonnes. However it is not known whether this captures any other operating coal mines in the Osh region.

In August 2024 it was reported that Parity Coal launched the first in Kyrgyzstan coal enrichment facility. From 2004 to 2023, as a result of coal mining at the Kyzyl-Bulak deposit, more than 1 million tons of small coal particles and a mixture with soil (dumps) accumulated. In order to process the accumulated mixture and obtain enriched coal, a mining and processing plant was built. The plant’s capacity is up to 1.2 thousand tons per day, which is equivalent to 36 thousand tons of clean enriched coal per month.

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