Saiod Coal Mine

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Saiod Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Vakhdat, Disrict of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Saiod Coal Mine Vakhdat, Disrict of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan 38.567955, 68.996357 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1993

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
0.04 Surface Open Pit 50* 302*

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
Subbituminous Thermal

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Shirkati Tajikochity Sayed Shirkati Tajikochity Sayed Tajikistan

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Saiod Coal Mine is a surface mine in Vakhdat, Tajikistan.[1]

The mine is owned by Shirkati Tajikochity Sayed.[1]

Saiod deposit is located 67 km to northeast of Dushanbe city, in Vakhdat district, at the southwestern end of the Karategin range, on the left bank of the Pendema river valley.

The annual volume of coal production is about 40 thousand tonnes, as of 2017. The mine is not mentioned as one of the main producers in the recent media reports in 2019-2022.

  • Owner: Shirkati Tajikochity Sayed
  • Parent: Shirkati Tajikochity Sayed[1]
  • Location: Vakhdat, Tajikistan
  • Coordinates: 38.567955, 68.996357 (approximate)
  • Status: Operating[1]
  • Capacity: 0.04 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)[1]
  • Total Reserves:
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Coal Type:
  • Mine Type: Surface, Open Pit[1]
  • Start Year: 1993[1]
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Little Earth, Review of the Coal Sector in the Republic of Tajikistan, n.d., accessed September 2021