Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine
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Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine (шахта Сибиргинская) is an operating coal mine in Chuvashka, Myski Urban/Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
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Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine | Chuvashka, Myski Urban/Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia | 53.621227, 87.799988 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
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Operating | – | 2002 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | 0.9*[1][2] | 2022 | Underground | – | 6.8 | 448* | #REF!* |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
51.5 | – | – | – | Bituminous | Thermal & Met[3] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
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Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC [4] | Mechel JSC | Russia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
– | – | 0.5[5] | 0.4[3] | 0.9[3] | 0.8[3] | 0.9*[2][1] | – |
Expansion/Extension
Table 6: Project status
Status | Status Detail | Project Type | Project Phase | Added Capacity (Mtpa)* | Start Year |
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Shelved | Construction | Expansion | – | 1.3[6] | – |
Background
In 2022, the mine has produced 17.7 million tonnes of coal over its 20 years of operations.[7]
The mine is owned and operated by Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, a subsidiary of Mechel. Southern Kuzbass Coal Company was formed in 1993 when several mining and processing enterprises joined forces. Southern Kuzbass Coal Company joined Mechel Group, in 2003.[8]
The area is heavily mined by both opencast and underground mines. The combined impact of the operations is significant, with the water visual polluted, wildlife has fled and people who used to live as subsistence farmers or gatherers and hunters, having to buy food as dust cloaks food growing areas.[9][10]
Expansion
Southern Kuzbass has been planning to launch the second phase of the mine from as early as 2000s. Mechel reported that in 2011 the construction of the mine was re-started that should increase the mine's capacity from 1.2 to 2.2 million tonnes.[11] As of 2019 and 2020, the project was still being developed and public consultations of the environmental impact assessment planned.[12][13][6] The technical document from 2019 stated that capacity of the 2nd phase can range from 0.9-1.3 million tonnes.[6]
However the project appeared to have been paused, with no news on the progress of construction. The latest available Mechel report for 2021 did not comment on the project.[3] As per Southern Kuzbass' 2023 annual report (published in mid-2024), in 2024 only design and survey works are being carried out related to the adjustment the 2nd stage construction project.[14]
Southern Kuzbass Coal Mines
The Southern Kuzbass Coal Company includes four surface mines and three underground mines. All mines are located in southeast Kuzbass around the town of Mezhdurechensk. The Southern Kuzbass mines and the related washing plants produce semi-soft and semi-hard coking coal, anthracite, PCI and steam coal. The Kuzbass operations are connected by rail to the Trans-Siberian Mainline and substantially all products are shipped by rail. Products are generally shipped by rail to Russian customers, to north-western Russian ports for European customers, to Port Posiet and Port Vanino for export to Asia and to Port Temryuk for customers in the Black Sea and Mediterranean basins.[15]
As of January 1, 2021, in-situ reserves at Southern Kuzbass's seven coal mines were estimated at about 1.8 billion tonnes. The project capacity of the company’s mines total 15 million tonnes annually, while washing capacity totals 17 million tonnes.[16]
Southern Kuzbass' reported coal production increased from 6.37 in 2022 to 7.3 million tonnes in 2023.[17] However in the first half of 2024, the company decreased coal production by 19% to 2.7 million tonnes.[18]
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.
Articles and Resources
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://ukuzbass.ru/upload/iblock/d04/84au6qr6nmip5d4fxlmy96sjq0tv8dzx/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82%20%D1%8D%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%20%D0%AE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9%20%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%2012%20%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%202023.pdf.
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- ↑ Anne Harris, "Slow Death in Siberia," Red Pepper, 17 May 2018.
- ↑ Daria Andreeva and Anne Harris, "Slow Death in Siberia," page 10, Fern and Coal Action Network, May 2018.
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