Uskovskaya Coal Mine

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Uskovskaya Coal Mine (Усковская шахта) is an operating coal mine in Uskovo, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Uskovskaya Coal Mine	Uskovo, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.12389, 87.295827 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1999	–

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
–	2.54	2022	Underground	–	–	448*	900

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
180	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shakhta Uskovskaya LLC	Raspadskaya PJSC [100.0%]	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
Saleable	2	2	3	2	2	2	1*

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 Uskovskaya coal mine (Усковская шахта) is an underground coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

It is part of the Yuzhkuzbassugol coal mining complex. Raspadskaya PJSC, a subsidiary of Evraz, operates the mine and the whole Yuzhkuzbassugol coal mining complex.

Evraz announced in December 2021 that it is planning to spin off Raspadskaya, but these plans were cancelled in March 2022 due to the sanctions against Russia.

The Uskovskaya coal mine was initially called Ulyanovskaya mine. Following a tragic accident in 2007 when 110 miners died, the coal mine was mothballed. In 2009 the mine was joined together with the mine Yubileynaya. In 2012, it was renamed as Uskovskaya.

The designed capacity of the mine is 3 Mtpa. In 2021, the mine commissioned a new longwall with 25 years of reserves. Additional infrastructure was built to transfer coal mining to a new seam and new treatment and tunnelling equipment was installed. This all made it possible to extend the life of the mine until at least 2035. Another new longwall was planned to be opened in June 2023.

One fatality at the mine was reported in 2022.

• Owner: Shakhta Uskovskaya LLC
• Parent: Raspadskaya PJSC
• Location: Uskovo, Novokuznetsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.123890, 87.295827 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 2.54 million tonnes (2022),2.84 million tonnes (2021), 2.464 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Resource: 413.7 MT
• Mineable Reserves: 180 (Proven and Probable, 2022)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground (longwall)
• Start Year: 1999
• Source of Financing:

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