No. 8 and No. 1/2 Coal Mine

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No. 8 and No. 1/2 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Sughd, Tajikistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
No. 8 and No. 1/2 Coal Mine	Sughd, Tajikistan	40.055116, 70.559607 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1935	–

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
–	0.091	2021	Underground	–	4.9	500	#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
145	–	–	Shurab	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Angisht JSC	GUP Angishti Tojik	Tajikistan

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
ROM	0.055*	–	–	0.074	0.091	–	–

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

No. 8 and No. 1/2 Coal Mine are underground mines in Isfara, Tajikistan. The mine is operated by Angisht JSC, the company appears to be owned by state-owned Angishti Tojik (Tajik Coal).

The mine is located in the northern part of the Shurab coal deposit. The length of the mine field is 3.8 km, the width is 1.3 km, the area is 4.9 km2, the absolute height is 1015-1350 m. With depth of 500m, it is the deepest mine in Tajikistan.

The annual volume of coal produced was about 55 thousand tonnes (as of 2017). Production in 2020 reached 74 thousand tonnes, according to media sources, and 91 thousand tonnes in 2021.

• Owner: Angisht JSC

• Parent: GUP Angishti Tojik
• Location: Isfara district, Tajikistan
• Coordinates: 40.055116, 70.559607 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.074 million tonnes (2020), 0.091 million tonnes (2021)
• Total Reserves: 145 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Mine Size: 4.9 km2
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1930s
• Source of Financing:

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