Yesaulskaya Coal Mine

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Yesaulskaya Coal Mine (Есаульская шахта, Yuzhkuzbassugol) is an operating coal mine in Keregesh, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yesaulskaya Coal Mine	Keregesh, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.916573, 87.509022 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1984	–

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
–	1.488	2022	Underground	–	–	448*	1000

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
7	–	112.8	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shakhta Yesaulskaya 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	1*	1*	1*	1	2	1	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 Yesaulskaya coal mine (Есаульская шахта) is an underground coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Yesaulskaya coal mine is an underground coal mine, operated by Raspadskaya Coal Company, a subsidiary of Evraz. Evraz announced in December 2021 that it is planning to spin off Raspadskaya Coal Company, but these plans were cancelled in March 2022 due to the sanctions against Russia.

According to IEA 2009 report "Coal Mine Methane in Russia" the mine is considered 'super hazardous'.In 2005 an explosion in the mine killed 21 people. The total number of fatalities at the mine between 1997 and 2007 was 25.

An investment project was ongoing at the mine for several years to develop seam 29 with balance reserves of more than 10 Mt. and in 2020, mining of the first longwall with reserves of 3.5 Mt began. This was the biggest longwall in the history of the mine. The reserves were estimated to last until 2025.

Produced coal is processed at the Kuznetskaya and Abashevskaya washing plants. The concentrate in pure form or as part of mixes is either supplied to the domestic market or exported.

• Owner: Shakhta Yesaulskaya LLC
• Parent: Raspadskaya PJSC
• Location: Keregesh, Novokuznetsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 53.916573, 87.509022 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 1.488 Mt (2022), 2.5 Mt (2021), 1.7 Mt (2020)
• Total Resource: 112.8 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 7 million tonnes (2022)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground (Longwall)
• Start Year: 1984
• Source of Financing:

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