Tomusinsky Coal Mine

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Tomusinsky Coal Mine (Томусинский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Mezhdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tomusinsky Coal Mine Mezhdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia 53.68568, 87.997516 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 1959

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
0.7[1] 2021[1] Surface Open Pit 6.7 60* 286*

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
4.6 Bituminous Thermal & Met[2]

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC [3] Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC [100%] Russia

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

Tomusinsky coal mine (Томусинский разрез) is an operating surface mine next to the town of Mezdurechensk, in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Tomusinsky coal mine is owned and operated by Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, a company of Mechel. The Southern Kuzbass Coal Company joined Mechel Group in 2003.[4]

The mine started operations in 1959. There is one license for this mine and Mechel believe there is enough coal to continue mining until 2026[5] (as of the end of 2021, reduced from the previous estimate of 2028).[6]

This mine is situated in a heavily mined area of the Kuzbass coal field. Local residents complain about the dust from the mines affecting the water, their health and preventing them from growing food. Wildlife has fled and the area is dominated by the mines and their waste heaps.[7]

Southern Kuzbass Coal Mines

The Southern Kuzbass mines include 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 northwestern 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.[5]

As of January 1, 2021, in-situ reserves at Southern Kuzbass's seven coal mines are 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.[8]

  • Owner: Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC
  • Parent: Mechel
  • Location: near Mezhdurechensk, in Mezhdurechensky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia[9]
  • GPS Coordinates: 53.685680, 87.997516 (exact)[9]
  • Status: Operating
  • Production Capacity: 0.8 million tonnes in 2018[10], 0.8 million tonnes in 2019, 0.9 million tonnes in 2020, 0.7 million tonnes in 2021[5], 0.315 million tonnes (6m 2022)[11]
  • Total Resource:
  • Mineable Reserves: 4.6 million tonnes (2021)[5]
  • Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal and Met)[5]
  • Mine Type: Surface
  • Start Year: 1959[6]
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 https://www.mechel.com/shareholders/report/form-20-f/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302362/000119312522126835/d237462d20f.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240125065630/https://mechel.ru/upload/iblock/13c/lh3tzb0i2p02bru512o9zawwxwfa4si3.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. Mechel, "History," Mechel website, accessed 4 February 2020.
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Mechel Form 20-F 2021". Retrieved September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mechel, "Form 20-F report, 2018," page 73, Mechel website, 2019.
  7. Anne Harris, "Slow Death in Siberia," Red Pepper, 17 May 2018.
  8. "Mechel Mining". Retrieved September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wikimapia
  10. Mechel, "Form 20-F report, 2018," page 74, Mechel website, 2019.
  11. "СУЭК удерживает добычу за счет бурого угля". www.argusmedia.com. July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)