Polyany Coal Mine

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Polyany Coal Mine (разрез Поляны) is an operating coal mine in Kiselyovsk, Kiselyovsk Urban, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Polyany Coal Mine	Kiselyovsk, Kiselyovsk Urban, Kemerovo, Russia	54.0479, 86.621704 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2006	–

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	1.463	2020	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	498*

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
264	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Polyany JSC	TalTEK JSC [100.0%]	Russia

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	–	1	1	1	1*	1*	–

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
Shelved	Pre-Permit	Expansion	–	0	–

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

Polyany coal mine (разрез Поляны) is an operating surface coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Polyany coal mine is owned by TalTEK. It is located in the area of the former Krasnokamenskaya underground mine, where operations were discontinued in 2006 following an accident. The underground mine was subsequently closed.

In 2020 the mine produced 1.463 million tonnes. In the first half of 2022, production reached 0.809 million tonnes.

In December 2021 the Federal Service for Technological Supervision (Rostechnadzor) ordered the coal mine to stop operations for 90 days due to non-compliance with the design parameters, which lead to the formation of a dangerous operating zone.

TalTEK planned to increase the mine's capacity to 2.1 million tonnes per annum over 2018-2020. It appears that the project has been delayed, however a public consultation was announced in June 2022 with the Russian Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report published.

In August 2022, the Polyany mine is mentioned as one of the few where the operations were paused as a result of the European sanctions against Russian coal, as the transportation infrastructure to redirect exports to the East is insufficient. In September 2022, the governor of Kuzbass said that new mine projects are on hold due to infrastructure restrictions of coal exports through the Eastern route of Russian Railways, only the projects that are nearing completion are being finished. Given the recent news, the expansion project is considered Shelved.

• Owner: Polyany JSC
• Parent: TalTEK
• Location: Kiselyovsk, in Kiselyovsk Urban District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.047900, 86.621704 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 1.7 MTPA (capacity), 1.463 million tonnes (2020), 0.809 million tonnes (1H 2022)
• Total Resource:
• Total Reserves: 264 million tonnes
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2006
• Source of Financing:
  

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Shelved
• Capacity: 0.4 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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