Candiota Coal Mine

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Candiota Coal Mine (Mina de Candiota) is an operating coal mine in Candiota, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Candiota Coal Mine	Candiota, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	-31.546667, -53.726696 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	1.218	2020	Surface	Open Pit	–	50	278*

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Companhia Riograndense de Mineracao	–	Brazil

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Candiota Coal Mine is owned by the state-owned mining company of Rio Grande do Sul, Companhia Riograndense de Mineração (CRM).

According to Mining Technology, the mine produced an estimated 1.218 MTPA of coal in 2020, and was the fourth-largest coal mine in Brazil as of 2021.

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