Okino-Klyuchevsky Coal Mine

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Okino-Klyuchevsky Coal Mine (Окино-Ключевский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Okino-Klyuchi, Bichursky, Buryatia, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Okino-Klyuchevsky Coal Mine	Okino-Klyuchi, Bichursky, Buryatia, Russia	50.608626, 107.039452 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1988	–

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
–	2	2020	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	#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
66	–	200	–	Lignite	Thermal	Gusinoozyorskaya power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Ugolny Razrez LLC	Inter RAO PJSC	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	–	2.028	2.294	2	1.796	2.533	2.686

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	–	2	2030 (planned)

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

The Okino-Klyuchevsky Coal Mine (Окино-Ключевский разрез) is an operating surface coal mine in Buryatia Republic, Russia. The Okino-Klyuchevsky coal mine is a surface coal mine. It is owned and operated by Ugolny Razrez LLC, a subsidiary of Inter RAO Electrical Generation.

The mine's coal mainly goes to Inter RAO's Gusinoozyorskaya power station, which is located 154 km away.

In 2022, residents of the nearby villages complained of tremors caused by the explosion activity at the mine, causing also windows breakage and gusts of dust.

A report from September 2023 referred to the plan to increase the mine's capacity to 4 Mtpa by 2030. The development agreement was signed between Inter Rao Electrical Generation and the government of Buryatia to cooperate in the development of the project to build two coal-fired power units at Gusinoozerskaya power station (No. 7 and No. 8) with a capacity of 230 MW each, further development of the mine to reach an annual production level of up to 4 million tonnes of coal, and construction of a railway line from the Okino-Klyuchevsky coal mine to the Kharankhoy railway station (East Siberian Railway) with a length of up to 80 km. The projects are to be implemented by the end of 2030.

As per news from October 2024, the mine's target capacity is now 3.8Mtpa to be achieved by 2028. Coal would be used by the new units proposed at Gusinoozyorskaya power station.

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: increase of ~1.2 Mt to 3.8
• Start Year: 2030

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