Lokuchakitsky Coal Mine

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Lokuchakitsky Coal Mine (УОГР Локучакитский) is an operating coal mine in Neryungri, Sakha, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lokuchakitsky Coal Mine	Neryungri, Sakha, Russia	56.8469525339776, 124.774917354844 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2011	–

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
–	0.461	2022	Surface	–	–	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
82	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Dolguchan LLC	Dolguchan LLC	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
–	–	–	0.2	0.25*	0.29	0.46	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
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	–	1.5	2025

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

Lokuchakitsky Coal Mine (участок Локучакитский) is an UNDERGROUND mine in the Republic of Sakha, Russia.The Lokuchakitsky coal mine is owned and operated by Dolguchan LLC, which from 2006 is conducting exploration works and mining in the southern part of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The company holds a license to develop Lokuchakitsky section until 2025. Dolguchan is owned by an ex-owner of Kolmar Anatoly Mitroshin.

There is an existing surface mine that produced 0.2 million tonnes of coal in 2019 and there was a project to expand the open pit to 1.5 Mt in 2022. In addition, the company was planning to develop an underground mine by 2025 with 1.5 Mtpa of capacity. It was planned to attract Japanese investors to build the mine with a view to export coking coal. However as of October 2022, without any news on the project's progress, it appeared to be shelved.

In February 2023, it was reported that the mine produced 0.461 million tonnes of coal in 2022 and is planning to increase production to 1.1 million tonnes in 2023. In addition, the company was also planning to start construction of a processing plant with a capacity of up to 1.5 million tonnes of coking coal and to increase the number of equipment by 100 units by the end of 2023. Based on this information, the status of the expansion project was reversed from Shelved to Proposed.

In December 2024 it was reported that the processing plant with capacity of 1 million tonnes was successfully installed. Current production levels of the surface mine were said to be 0.8 million tonnes, so the expansion appeared to be in progress.

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: increase the surface mine by circa 1Mt to 1.5Mtpa, start underground mine with 1.5Mtpa by 2025
• Mineable Reserves Type:
• Start Year: 2025
• Source of Financing:

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