Zarechny Coal Mine

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Zarechny Coal Mine (Заречный разрез, Заречный-Северный) is an operating coal mine in Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zarechny Coal Mine	Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.152181, 87.122784 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2003	–

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
–	6	2021	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	847*

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
110	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	Novosibirsk-2 power station

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
SUEK-Kuzbass JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC [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	3*	–	6	6*	6	5*	–

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 Zarechny Coal Mine (разрез Заречный) is an operating surface coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Zarechny coal mine is owned and operated by SUEK-Kuzbass JSC, a subsidiary of the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK).

The mine was put in operation by SUEK around 2003 with the production of 1.5 million tonnes per year with a plan to reach the design capacity of 2 million tonnes.

In 2017, the company announced several projects that would increase the capacity of the Zarechny coal mine to 6 mtpa, such as the purchase of seven heavy-duty dump trucks with a payload capacity of 220 tonnes, which allowed the company to increase the efficiency of freight transportation.

This program to update equipment continued through 2018 and 2019, with a new electrohydraulic excavator, drilling rigs, wheel loaders, and a crawler dozer all bought for the facility. In 2018, $17.4 million in total was invested in the development of the Zarechny coal mine and in 2019, the investment was expected to exceed $38 million. Additionally, SUEK was developing a new site at the Zarechny open-pit mine. The new section Zarechny-Severny was commissioned in 2018.

In 2021, the main section of the coal mine achieved production of over 4 million tonnes, while Zarechny-Severny section added another 2 million, with joint production exceeding 6 million tonnes.

Over January-June 2022, production contracted to 2.8 million tonnes, 500 thousand tonnes lower than in the same period in 2021.

• Owner: SUEK-Kuzbass JSC
• Parent: Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
• Location: Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.152181, 87.122784 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 3.5 mtpa (2019), 6 million tonnes (2021), 7.6 million tonnes (2022, joint with Kamyshansky coal mine)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 116 Mt (2020), 110 Mt (2021)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2003 / 2018
• Source of Financing:

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