V.I. Lenin Underground Coal Mine

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V.I. Lenin Underground Coal Mine (Шахта В. И. Ленина) is an operating coal mine in Mezhdurechensk, Mezhdurechensk Urban, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
V.I. Lenin Underground Coal Mine	Mezhdurechensk, Mezhdurechensk Urban, Kemerovo, Russia	53.704709, 88.071127 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1953	–

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
–	0.5	2021	Underground	Longwall	10	448*	592*

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
49	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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

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	Construction	Expansion	Stage 3	–	–

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 V. I. Lenin Coal Mine (шахта им. В. И. Ленина) is an underground coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The V. I. Lenin coal mine is an underground mine, operated by the Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, a subsidiary of Mechel Group.

The mine started operating in 1953.

The mine holds a license to develop another section (Granichny, Olzherassk) which would add 1.2km2 to the existing area of operations of 10km2. The project has been in development for a while but as of the end of 2021 has not commenced production due to non-compliance with some of the license requirements, according to Mechel's reporting. The company's report stated that they plan to rectify these and commence production in 2024-2025.

In September 2022, the governor of Kuzbass said that new mine projects are on hold due to infrastructure restrictions of coal exports through the Eastern route of Russian Railways, only the projects that are nearing completion are being finished. Given this announcement and the previous delays, the project is considered Shelved.

The mine's production in the first half of 2022 declined by 72% compared with the same period in 2021, reaching only 0.06 million tonnes.

In March 2023, the mine's operations were suspended for 90 days due to non-compliance with the safety norms, in particular the failure to take measures on the admitted gassing of the mine workings.

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.

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.

• Owner: Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC
• Parent: Mechel
• Location: Mezhdurechensk Urban District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• Coordinates: 53.704709, 88.071127 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 0.85 million tonnes, 0.4 million tonnes (2020), 0.5 million tonnes (2021), 0.06 million tonnes (6m 2022)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 48.8 million tonnes
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground (longwall)
• Start Year: 1953
• Source of Financing:
  

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Shelved
• Capacity:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2024-2025
• Source of Financing:

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