Pravoberezhny Coal Mine

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Pravoberezhny Coal Mine (Правобережный разрез) is an operating coal mine in Chegdomyn, Verkhnebureinsky, Khabarovsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Pravoberezhny Coal Mine	Chegdomyn, Verkhnebureinsky, Khabarovsk, Russia	51.201139231793, 133.004992436258 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2017	–

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
–	5	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	728*

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
111	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	Vanino Bulk Terminal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Urgalugol JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company 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	0	1	2	3	4	4*	5

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	Construction	Expansion	Stage 1	1	2025 (planned)
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	Stage 2	4	2028 (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 supplement.

Background

The Pravoberezhny coal mine (Правобережный разрез) is an operating surface coal mine in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. The mine is owned and operated by Urgalugol JSC, a subsidiary of SUEK.

The development of Pravoberezhny coal mine began in 2016, with targeted production capacity of 3 Mtpa.

Coal from the Khabarovsk mines (Pravoberezny, Bureinsky coal mine and Severnaya Coal Mine) is exported primarily to China and South Korea. The proximity of the assets to the Vanino Bulk Terminal is an advantage. Mines in this region also supply coal to Russian power generation customers located in the Khabarovsk and Primorye regions.

During 2022, Urgaugol coal mines continued to export the entire volume of coal that it could bring to the ports, taking into account the current logistical limitations. The main export markets now are China, Korea and Japan. The new commercial team managed to solve all problems with freight, and now it is not uncommon that the company even lacks coal for exports. The plan is to increase exports in 2023. There is still a strong demand for our coal on the domestic market due to the growth of power generation in Siberia and the Far East. Urgaugol coal mines produced over 10 million tonnes and shipped over 6 million tonnes to consumers, about 4.9 million tonnes were exported to Asia-Pacific countries (in particular to China) and about 1.3 million tonnes were shipped for the needs of the energy sector of the region.

• Owner: Urgalugol JSC
• Parent: Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
• Location: Chegdomyn, Verkhnebureinsky District, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 51.201139231793015, 133.0049924362588 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 3 mtpa (in 2020), 4.5 million tonnes (2021), 5 million tonnes (2023)
• Total Resource: 111 Mt (2020)
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2017
• Source of Financing:

Expansion

In 2019, Urgalugol decided to expand the mine capacity to 6 Mtpa by 2024. The expansion is also mentioned in Russia's 'Programme for Coal Industry Development up to 2035', released in June 2020, citing expansion of capacity to 6-8 million tonnes by 2024-2026.

As of September 2022, the investment project was on-going, according to SUEK's management the Khabarovsk area is not affected much by the infrastructure restrictions to re-orient Russian coal exports to the East.

As of April 2023, expansion plans were confirmed to increase capacity to 6 Mtpa, but now by 2025. As of August 2023, the company planned to mine 5.3 million tonnes from Pravoberenzhny already in 2023. Another source from May 2023 referred to further expansion of the mine to reach 12.5 Mtpa capacity by 2028. This is higher than the target production level referred to in the 2020 'Programme for Coal Industry Development'.

5 million tonne production was achieved in 2023. As of August 2024, it appeared that the expansion plan has been adjusted to reach 13.2 Mt production in 5 years' time (by 2029). Additional mining equipment was being commissioned at the mine.

Project Expansion 1 details

• Status: Proposed
• Production Capacity: Increase of capacity to reach 6 mtpa
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2025

Project Expansion 2 details

• Status: Proposed
• Production Capacity: Increase of capacity to reach 13.2 mtpa
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2029

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