Rovat Coal Mine

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Rovat Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rovat Coal Mine	Ayni, Sughd, Tajikistan	39.409984, 68.529179 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2015	–

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
–	0.343	2021	Underground & Surface	Mixed	–	60*	363*

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
–	–	–	Fan-Yagnob	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Tajik Metallurgy Factory LLC	Tajik Metallurgy Factory LLC [100%]	Tajikistan

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

Rovat Coal Mine (also known as KMT) is a surface mine in Ayni, Tajikistan. The Rovat open-cast mine is being exploited by the Tajik Metallurgy Factory LLC since 2015. It is situated in the Ayni district, and is connected to the city of Dushanbe by a 100 km asphalt road. The mine is also known as KMT.

The open-cast mine is located on the Central flank of the coal deposit Fan-Yagnob. The Central flank, in turn, is divided into three sections: Kuhi-Maleksky, Ravatsky and Dzhizhikrutsky. The Rovat coal mine is presumably located in the Ravatsky section.

Bankwatch report from 2017 mentioned that the design capacity of the mine is about 500 thousand tonnes and it is planned to build mines with annual output of 300 thousand tonnes (presumably, to increase the mine's capacity).

In 2019, a media source reports that the coal mine contributed 19.4% to the national production of about 2 million tonnes. This equates to 0.39 million tonnes of coal. In 2020 it was reported that the Metallurgy Factory will receive 316 hectares of agricultural land of the Ayni district from the state. UNECE report dated December 2022 listed 2021 production at 0.343 million tonnes, with both surface and underground mining.

• Owner: Tajik Metallurgy Factory LLC
• Parent: Tajik Metallurgy Factory LLC
• Location: Ayni district, Sughd region, Tajikistan
• Coordinates: 39.18542, 68.580217 (Approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), 0.39 million tonnes (2019 estimate), 0,343 million tonnes (2021)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Subbituminous
• Mine Type: Surface and Underground
• Start Year: 2015
• Source of Financing:

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