Nástup-Tušimice Coal Mine

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Nástup-Tušimice Coal Mine (Lom Tušimice-Libouš) is an operating coal mine in Chomutov, Kadan, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nástup-Tušimice Coal Mine	Chomutov, Kadan, Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic	50.406429, 13.386449 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	8.6	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	75	969

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
–	–	–	Northern Bohemian	Lignite	Thermal	Tusimice power station; Prunerov power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Severočeské doly AS	CEZ AS [100.0%]	Czech Republic

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
Saleable	11	11	11	7	7	8	7*

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

The Nastup Tusimice coal mine is a surface mine near Chomutov and Kadan, Czech Republic. The mine is owned and operated by Severočeské doly A.S which in turn is owned by ČEZ Group.

Severočeské doly is the largest Czech brown coal mining company. It also operates Bilina coal mine. In 2021, Severočeské doly sold a total of 15.9 million tonnes of coal 2021, 11.7 of which was to the power plants within CEZ Group. In 2022, the company sold 17.8 million tonnes of coal, the reason for the significant increase was mainly due to the energy crisis in Europe and the need to secure the electricity missing from the gas supply.

Coal is transported from the mine by belt conveyors to the Tusimice power station (ČEZ) or to a loading hopper with subsequent further rail transport to the designated customers.

Czech Republic committed to phase out coal by 2033. However as of November 2023 there is no information about the plans for the Nastup Tumisice mine.

In 2021, 7.9 million tonnes of coal were mined, destined to the local power plants Tusimice power station and Prunerov power station and to a lesser extent by rail transport to the power plants Melnik power station and Opatovice power station. Coal production from the mine in 2022 increased to 8.6 million tonnes.

• Owner: Severočeské doly AS
• Parent company: ČEZ AS
• Location: Chomutov and Kadan, Czech Republic
• GPS coordinates: 50.406429, 13.386449 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Production: 11.6 million tonnes (2019); 7.9 million tonnes (2021), 8.6 million tonnes (2022)
• Mineable reserves:
• Start Year:
• Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine type: Surface
• Number of employees: 969

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