Butiá Leste Mine

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Butiá Leste Mine (Mina do Butiá Leste, Mina B3) is an operating coal mine in Butiá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Butiá Leste Mine	Butiá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	-30.102394, -51.938235 (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
–	1.022	2019	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	294*

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
Copelmi Mineração Ltda	Copelmi Mineração Ltda [100%]	Brazil

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

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

Butiá Leste Mine, also known as Mina do Butiá Leste or Mina B3, is a coal mine in Butiá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is owned by Copelmi Mineração. Butiá Leste Mine is owned by Copelmi Mineração LTDA. Copelmi is Brazil’s largest private coal mining company, controlling more than 80% of the country's industrial coal market.

According to a 2017 Argimax.com ranking, Butiá Leste was Brazil's second-largest coal mine, producing 1,303,182 tonnes annually. A 2019 industry report listed Butiá Leste as Copelmi's most productive coal mine, with annual production of 1,022,000 tonnes.

• Owner: Copelmi Mineração
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• Location: Butiá, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
• GPS coordinates: -30.001833,-51.428778
• Mine status: operating
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• Production: 1.022 million tons per annum (2019)
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