Santa Barbara Coal Mine

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Santa Barbara Coal Mine (Mina de carbón Santa Bárbara) is an operating coal mine in Aura, Coahuila, Mexico.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Santa Barbara Coal Mine	Aura, Coahuila, Mexico	27.628135, -101.45497 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.035	2021	Underground	–	–	494*	502*

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mineria y Energia del Noreste	Mineria y Energia del Noreste [100%]	Mexico

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

Santa Bárbara Coal Mine (also known as Mina Santa Bárbara) is a 0.04-million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) coal mine in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. The Santa Bárbara mine regularly ranks as one of Mexico's top five coal producers, although it is much smaller than the country's three leading coal mines, Micare, Mimosa and Progreso, which annually produce more than 1 million tonnes each. Coal production at the Santa Bárbara mine was estimated to be 42,600 tonnes in 2021 and 35,000 tonnes in 2020.

• Operator: Mineria y Energia del Noreste
• Owner: Mineria y Energia del Noreste
• Location: Progreso, Coahuila state, Mexico
• Coordinates: 27.628135, -101.454970 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year:
• Production capacity (Mtpa):
• Annual production (Mtpa): 0.035 (2020), 0.043 (2021)
• Total reserves (Mt):
• Coal type: Subbituminous
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine size (Km2):
• Workforce size:
• Primary consumer:
• Source of financing:

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