Severny Coal Mine

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Severny Coal Mine (разрез Северный) is an operating coal mine in Pavlodar, Kazakhstan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Severny Coal Mine	Pavlodar, Kazakhstan	51.715501798088, 75.3698621540282 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1954	–

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
10	10	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	2070*

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
1300	–	–	Ekibastuz	Bituminous	Thermal	Ekibastuz-1 power station; Reftinskaya GRES power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bogatyr Komir LLP	Samruk-Energo JSC [50.0%]; United Company RUSAL PJSC [50.0%]	Kazakhstan, 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	10*	10*	10	10	10*	10	11

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	Announced	Expansion	–	8	2034 (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 Severny coal mine (разрез Северный) is surface coal mine near Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar region), Kazakhstan. Severny Coal Mine is owned and operated by Bogatyr Komir, a joint venture between Samruk Energy and United Company RUSAL.

The company conducts mining at two surface mines located close to each other, Severny mine and the larger Bogatyr coal mine. Bogatyr mine operated sections 5,6,9 and 10 of the coal field, while Severny operates sections 1,2,3 and 4. Operating and technical indicators are often presented and reported jointly for the two surface mines.

The main consumers of coal from both Bogatyr Komir mines are the Ekibastuz-1 power station in Kazakhstan and Reftinskaya GRES power station in Russia, the share of shipments to which was more than 45% in 2018. Other consumers include Ekibastuz-2 power station, the CHP plants in Almaty, Karaganda TPS-3 power station, and other coal-fired power plants in Kazakhstan.

Joint production of Bogatyr Komir mines was 44.6 million tonnes in 2021 and 42.5 million tonnes in 2022. About 10Mt was contributed by Severny. In 2020 joint production reached 43.4 million tonnes, of which 10 million tonnes was contributed by Severny.

• Owner: Bogatyr Komir LLP
• Parent: 50% Samruk Energo JSC / 50% United Company RUSAL
• Location: Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan
• GPS Coordinates: 51.71550179808808, 75.36986215402825 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 10 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 1,366 million tonnes (2020), 1,300 million tonnes (2023)
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1954
• Source of Financing:

Expansion

According to RUSAL's website from 2016, Bogatyr Komir planned to increase Severny's mine capacity to 18 million tonnes through reconstruction by 2020.In its development plans from 2016, the company talked about the implementation of the continuous-cyclical production system, but with a longer-term horizon to reach capacity of 18 million tonnes by 2034. Another source from 2019 also referred to modernization of Severny with a view to expand its production capacity to 18 million tonnes per annum.

Bogatyr Komir has completed the implementation of cyclical-and-continuous method for coal mining at the sister mine Bogatyr coal mine in December 2022, which should allow to increase its production capacity to 40 million tonnes. However, there was no mention of any expansion project under way at Severny in 2020-2022. It appears that the project is Shelved (as of January 2023).

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Shelved
• Capacity: 8 million tonnes (to reach 18 million tonnes)
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2034
• Source of Financing:

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