Raspadskaya Coal Mine

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Raspadskaya Coal Mine (шахта Распадская) is an operating coal mine in Mezdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Raspadskaya Coal Mine	Mezdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.784142, 88.082391 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1973	–

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	4.6	2022	Underground	–	84.3	600	2100

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
901	–	1200	Kuznetsk	Bituminous	Met	Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works; Novolipetsk Steel; Evraz

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Raspadskaya PJSC	Raspadskaya PJSC [100%]	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	6	5	6	5	4	4	4

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 Raspadskaya coal mine (шахта Распадская) is an underground mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

It is part of the Raspadskaya coal mining complex. Raspadskaya Coal Company, a subsidiary of Evraz, operates the entire Raspadskaya coal mining complex.

Evraz announced in December 2021 that it is planning to spin off Raspadskaya Coal Company, but these plans were cancelled in March 2022 due to the sanctions against Russia.

The Raspadskaya coal mine is located in the the southwest of the Tom-Usinsk area of the Kuznetsk (Kuzbass) coal basin.

The Raspadskaya underground mine is the biggest among the five operating mines in the Raspadskaya complex, by recoverable reserves as well as production capacity. The coal produced from the Raspadskaya coal mines is processed at the Raspadskaya coal washing plant at Mezhdurechensk. The mine is one of the largest suppliers of coking coal to Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works, Novolipetsk Steel and to steel companies of the Evraz Group.

The mine's capacity is stated at 7.5 million tonnes per annum, however in the last two years production was at 4.6 million tonnes.

In its 2021 annual report, Raspadskaya Coal Company stated that an investment project will continue at the mine, aiming to transition to new reservoirs, maintain the current level of production and purchase equipment. The same was repeated in the 2022 annual report.

Raspadsky-4 investment project

In August 2023 an investment project at Raspadskaya coal mine was disclosed in the media, involving the construction of a new coal block “Raspadsky-4”. According to the Raspadsky-4 project, by 2027 it is planned to build a complex of buildings and structures, as well as more than 20 km of underground mine workings for seams with coal reserves of over 60 million tonnes using unmanned mining technology. The planned period of coal mining in this area is more than 20 years. Its launch is scheduled for mid-2027. The new mining complex for the project will be a separate production site, the launch of the new unit will help maintain the current level of annual coal production at the Raspadskaya mine at the level of 6 million tonnes per annum. The project is implemented Tjointly with the Chinese company Beijing LongRuan Technologies Inc.

Accidents

A methane gas explosion took place at the mine resulting in the death of 91 miners and rescuers in May 2010.

A fire erupted at the mine in April 2023 at the depth of several hundred meters, miners were evacuated and operations were shortly resumed.

• Owner: Raspadskaya PJSC
• Parent: Raspadskaya PJSC
• Location: 11km north of Mezdurechensk town, in Mezhdurechensky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 53.784142, 88.082391 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 7.5 Mtpa (stated capacity), 5.8 million tonnes (2020), 4.6 million tonnes (2021), 4.7 million tonnes (2022)
• Total Resource: 1.2 billion tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 901 million tonnes (JORC Proven and Probable, 2022)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground (longwall)
• Start Year: 1973
• Source of Financing:

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