Nishbash Coal Mine

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Nishbash Coal Mine (Шахтa Нишбаш) is a proposed coal mine in Nishbash, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Nishbash Coal Mine	Nishbash, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	40.9669317, 70.1631096 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Exploration	New	–	–

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
4	–	–	Underground	Longwall	–	494*	*

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
–	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Uzbekkomir JSC	Uzbekkomir JSC [100%]	Uzbekistan

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 Nishbash mine (Шахтa Нишбаш) is a proposed UNDERGROUND coal mine near Angren, Tashkent oblast, Uzbekistan. The project is developed by Uzbekugol. Nisbash is a section of the Angren lignite coal field where the Angren coal mine operates.

In June 2017 Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev approved the "Program for Further Development and Modernization of the Coal Industry until 2021" which included a plan to develop the 4 million tonne per year Nishbash coal mine by 2022. The development of the mine was estimated to cost USD 175 million in 2017.

In 2020, the project remained listed on the government's "Scheduled prospective projects for consideration in 2021 and funding in subsequent years".

IEA's 2022 report on Uzbekistan stated that 3.2 million tonnes were expected to come from the new mine by 2024, but already in 2019 this target seemed unlikely to be met.

In an interview from October 2022, Uzbekugol stated that "13 wells were drilled at Nisbash with a total volume of over 4000 metres. All drilled wells were subject to a geophysical survey (GIS)." Therefore as of the end of 2022, it appeared that the project was still alive.

Reporting from July 2024 indicated that Chinese company Henan plans to invest USD 400 million to develop the Nishbash coal deposit, with a plan to extract 8 million tonnes per year. (higher than previously reported 4 million tonnes per annum).

• Owner: Uzbekkomir JSC
• Parent: State Assets Management Agency (Uzbekistan)
• Location: Angren, Tashkent oblast, Uzbekistan
• GPS Coordinates: 40.9669317, 70.1631096 (approximate)
• Status Proposed
• Production Capacity: up to 8 million tonnes per year
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Lignite
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: Unknown, initial plan 2022
• Source of Financing:

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