Tigyit Coal Mine
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Tigyit Coal Mine (တီကျစ်) is an operating coal mine in Taunggyi, Shan, Myanmar.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Tigyit Coal Mine | Taunggyi, Shan, Myanmar | 20.4205506, 96.7120041 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1][2][3][2] | – | – | Surface | Open Pit | – | 50* | 707* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20[4][5] | 2011[4][5] | – | – | Lignite[5] | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Eden Group Co Ltd | Eden Group Co Ltd [100%] | Myanmar |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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 Tigyit coal mine is a surface coal mine in Shan State, Myanmar. The Tigyit coal mine is Myanmar's largest coal mine.[6] It has a design capacity of 0.8-1 million tonnes per annum.[7][6]
Overall coal production in Myanmar increased by 62% in 2019 reaching 1.94Mt.[8] In 2021, coal production reached 2.5 million tonnes, according to a Fitch Solutions publication.[6]
The China National Heavy Machinery Corporation (CNHMC) initiated the Tigyit coal mine project in 2002, about 16 miles from Inle Lake, in partnership with the Burmese companies Eden Group and Shan Yoma Nagar Company. CNHMC took on the general contract for the design, installation and commissioning of the mine.[7]
Exact ownership of the mine could not be confirmed: CNHMC website states that the owner is Shan Yoma Nagar Co. Ltd while several other (more credible) sources state that the owner is the Eden Group.[8][9][6]
As of 2018, the mine was said to produce about about 2,000 tons of coal daily (ca 0.73 Mtpa).[10] Coal is mainly supplied to Tigyit power station.[10][9]
As per Greenpeace report, as of 2019 the mine recently increased its area to over 300 hectares (beyond the original 200 hectares granted for mine and power plant), burdening the local population with more waste by-products dumped outside their homes.[11]
Public Opposition and Environmental Concerns
When the project was started, 24 houses in Taung Po La and Likah villages were forcibly relocated by companies and local authorities. A 2011 report by the Pa-O Youth Organisation states that coal production from the mine has produced at least 100 tons of coal ash and coal waste, which is disposed of in a nearby coal-fired thermal power plant. The water flows into the second largest lake in Burma, Inle Lake, an Asean national heritage site. There are about 25 villages within a 5-mile radius of the project, which are home to about 11,592 people. The 2011 report found that the mine has created air and water pollution which has caused about 2,000 nearby residents to report skin diseases.[12]
An article in the Democratic Voice of Burma stated that the China National Heavy Machinery Corporation Company (CHMC) is the main economic thrust behind Burma’s largest open-pit coal mine and coal-fired power plant in Tigyit, and that the 2000 tonnes of lignite coal mined each day is shipped to a nearby cement factory for use in dam construction.[13]
A report by the Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability condemned the operating conditions at Tigyit, with continued pollution failing international standards.[11]
A local news report from June 2023 stated that the waste from the coal mine rises like a mountain, higher than the village, and the local residents are concerned that it will collapse during the rainy reason. The "mountain" is 7 stories high. [14]
- Owner: Eden Group Co Ltd[8][9][6]
- Parent Company: Eden Group Co Ltd
- Location: Tigyit (Tikyit), Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar
- GPS Coordinates: 20.4205506, 96.7120041 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production Capacity: 0.8-1 Mtpa (capacity) [7][15]
- Total Reserves: 20 million tonnes [11]
- Recoverable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Mine Type: Surface[7]
- Start Year: 2002
- Workforce:
- Source of Financing:
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240220144955/https://pubs.usgs.gov/myb/vol3/2019/myb3-2019-burma.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240220145448/https://en.chmc.cc/channels/59.html. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240221162456/https://www.adaro.com/news/read/2057/Coal%2520expected%2520to%2520remain%2520dominant%2520source%2520of%2520power%2520in%2520the%2520coming%2520decade%2520-%2520Fitch%2520Solutions. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240216234440/https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-thailand-stateless/2022/12/c64cd985-carbon-dated-en-resize-compressed.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240209181428/https://burmacampaign.org.uk/images/uploads/PoisonClouds.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 09 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Coal expected to remain dominant source of power in the coming decade - Fitch Solutions". www.adaro.com. June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Projects, CNHMC website, accessed February 2023.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2019 Minerals Yearbook" (PDF). pubs.usgs.gov. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Oil, Gas and Energy", accessed February 2023.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 ရှမ်းပြည် ကျောက်မီးသွေးစက်ရုံ ဆက်လည်ပတ်လို့ ထပ်ကန့်ကွက်, BBC News (Burmese), 20 June 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "CARBON DATED? THE PROSPECTS FOR AN EXIT FROM COAL IN THE MEKONG REGION" (PDF). www.greenpeace.org. 2022.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|title=at position 14 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Kyaw Kha, "2,000 people report skin diseases from Tigyit coal mine" Mizima, Jan. 21, 2011.
- ↑ Francis Wade, "Shouldering China’s toxic burden", Democratic Voice of Burma, March 23, 2011.
- ↑ "ပင်လောင်းတွင် ကျောက်မီးသွေးစွန့်ပစ်မြေစာပုံ ပြိုကျမည်ကို ဒေသခံများ စိုးရိမ်". /www.dvb.no. June 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Simon Liedtke, "Coal expected to remain dominant source of power in the coming decade - Fitch Solutions", Creamer Media's Mining Weekly, 10 June 2021.
