Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine

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Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine (Мугунский разрез - Тулунуголь) is an operating coal mine in Algatui, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine	Algatui, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia	54.438203, 100.189476 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1990	–
Operating	–	2021	–

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
2	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	438*
7	6	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	1004*

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
303	2022	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	–
37	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Mugunsky Yuzhny LLC	En+ Group [100.0%]	Russia
Vostsibugol LLC	En+ Group [100.0%]	Russia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	6	7	6	6	5	7	7

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 Mugunsky Coal Mine (Мугунский разрез -Тулунуголь) is an operating surface coal mine in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The Mugunsky coal mine is owned and operated by a branch of Vostsibugol LLC, which in turn is owned by En+ Group.

The mine is listed as part of the Tulunugol branch, together with the older Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine, even though the two mines are about 50 km apart. The mine has a capacity of 7 MTPA, according to an outdated Vostsibugol website. Despite its size, information about the mine's operations is very limited. Wikimapia states that the mine produced 51.2 million tonnes of coal between 1992 and 2007, or an average of 3.4 MTPA. 2016 production was 4.2 million tonness, according to Wikipedia.

Joint production of the Azeisky mine and the Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine in 2018 was 7.5 million tonnes. In the first half of 2022, the combined production of Tulunugol mines (Mugunsky and Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine) was 2.25 million tonnes, which was 21% higher than in the same period in 2021. In 2023, joint production reached 7.8 million tonnes, while Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine was said to contribute about 1.8 million tonnes.

• Owner: Vostsibugol LLC
• Parent Company: EN+ Group
• Location: Algatui, Tulunsky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia
• Coordinates: 54.438203, 100.189476 (exact)
• Status: Operating (existing); unclear (expansion)
• Production: 4.2 Mt (2016), 7.5 Mt (2018 jointly with Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine), 6 Mt (2023 estimate)
• Total Reserves: 303 Mt
• Coal type: Lignite (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 1990
• Source of Financing:

Expansion

In July 2018, Vostsibugol paid 45 million roubles (about $650,000) for the rights to a new block to the southeast of the existing mine, with an additional 37 MT of reserves. Vostsibugol planned to mine this new block by 2021, adding 2.5 MTPA of production. In August 2021, the site was being prepared and a power transmission line was being built to power the mining equipment. As of August 2023, there was no further news on the project.

A government document dated December 2023 listed Mugunsky Yuzhny as a new coal mine that started operations in 2021, producing lignite. It is owned by a separate entity Razrez Mugunsky Yuzhny LLC but is also owned by Vostsibugol LLC. Therefore it appeared that the new section started operating under a separate legal entity.

Project Expansion Details

• Owner: Razrez Mugunsky Yuzhny LLC
• Parent Company: EN+ Group
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 2.5MT / year
• Mineable Reserves: 37 Mt
• Start Year: 2021
• Coal type: Lignite
• Source of Financing:

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