Yuzhnaya Coal Mine

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Yuzhnaya Coal Mine (шахта Южная) is an operating coal mine in Beryozovsky, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yuzhnaya Coal Mine	Beryozovsky, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	55.60060447, 86.09720437 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2009	–

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
–	2.162	2020	Underground	Longwall	–	448*	206

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
94	–	94.365	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Chernigovets JSC	Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC	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	1	2	2	1*	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

Yuzhnaya Coal Mine (шахта Южная) is a underground mine near Beryozovsky, in Kemerovsky District, in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Yuzhnaya coal mine is owned and operated by a branch of Chernigovets JSC, owned by SDS UGOL, which in turn is owned by Siberian Business Union (SDS).

The mine originally opened in 1941, but mining ceased in 1996, and the mine was liquidated in 2003 by full flooding. The construction of the new modern underground mine Yuzhnaya commenced in 2005 and was completed in 2009. The mine uses longwall underground techniques. It has a capacity of 3 million tonnes per annum.

The mine is part of Chernigovets complex, which also includes the Chernigovets coal mine and two processing facilities. More than 90% of produced coal had historically been exported to European countries, as well as to Brazil, China and Egypt.

The mine's operations were suspended in early 2022 by the Federal Service for Technical Supervision due to irregular ventilation and the absence of the technical review of the control systems. Operations were resumed in February 2022. Later in 2022, another suspension of operations for 90 days was put in place. The increased checks appeared to be a result of the tragedy at Listvyazhnaya coal mine in 2021 (also owned by SDS Ugol).

• Owner: Chernigovets JSC
• Parent: Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC
• Location: near Beryozovsky, in Kemerovsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• Coordinates: 55.60060447, 86.09720437 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), 2.1 million tonnes (2020 production)
• Total Reserves: 94.365 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Thermal and Met)
• Mine Type: UNDERGROUND (Longwall)
• Start Year: 1941/2009
• Source of Financing:

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