Sugodinsk-Ogodzhinsky Coal Mine

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Sugodinsk-Ogodzhinsky Coal Mine (Огоджинскоe месторождениe) is an operating coal mine in Selemdzha, Amur, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sugodinsk-Ogodzhinsky Coal Mine	Selemdzha, Amur, Russia	52.750425, 132.581978 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	Stage 1	2020	–

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
5	1.5	2024	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	#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
744	–	1600	Sugodinsko-Ogodginskoe	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Ogodzhinskaya Coal Company LLC	A-Property LLC	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
–	–	–	0	0.2	0.33*	0.47	1.4

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	Permitted	Expansion	Stage 2	8	–

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.

Background

The Sugodinsk-Ogodzhinsky Coal Mine (Огоджинскоe месторождениe) is a surface mine located in Amur Oblast, Russia. The rights to develop the coal field were owned by Ogodzhinskaya Coal Company LLC, which was owned by a company called Rostech. In 2021, Elga Ugol took control of the Ogodzhinskaya Coal Company. In 2022, following the acquisition of Sibanthracite Group, A-Property consolidated the coal assets under the new management company Elga-Sibanthracite (ELSI).

The project to develop the Sugodinsk-Ogodzhinsky coal field was mentioned in Russian 'Programme for Coal Industry Development up to 2035' from June 2020, with a target capacity of 20 million tonnes. According to the Programme, the project passed state examination and received a positive conclusion, permission was issued for the construction of a coal mine, and an industrial site and the necessary infrastructure are under construction.

Production commenced at the coal mine in 2020 reaching 200 thousand tonnes, with a plan to reach 10 million tonnes already in 2023. However, significant development of the railway infrastructure would be required to achieve these volumes. In November 2021, A-Property suspended production at the Sugodinsk Ogodzhinsk coal mine to free up transportation capacity for its main producing assets - Elginskiy Coal Mine. The company reported NO production for the the mine in 2022 - it appeared that it continued to be mothballed. However, a later government report from 2023 referred to the mine's production in 2022 at 0.5 million tonnes.

In April 2023 it was reported that construction of the railway has commenced and 72 kilometres out of 140 are to be built by the end of 2023. The railway line will run entirely through the Amur Region. The throughput capacity of the railway line was said to be 7 million tonnes per annum.

In September 2023, it was reported that the mine planned to produce 1.5 million tonnes in 2023. The mine's status was therefore revised to Operating.

As per government report on the coal industry dated 2023, the target capacity of the mine is 5 Mtpa (down from 12Mt claimed previously) with the target to reach this capacity in 2025. There was no mention of Phase 2 of the expansion beyond 5Mtpa. However, in April 2024, construction of the first enrichment plant with 2 Mt capacity was started with a plan to build six more enrichment plants, each processing up to 5 million tonnes of coal per year. The first enrichment plan was due for completion in 2025. The expansion of the coal mine up to 32 Mtpa was mentioned by the governor of the region. It therefore appeared that the expansion project was still planned and now with a higher capacity than before (32 Mt vs 20Mt in 2020).

In 2024 production of the mine reached 1.5 million tonnes.

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