Angren Coal Mine

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Angren Coal Mine (Ангренский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Angren Coal Mine	Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	41.036101, 70.180128 (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	–	1948	–

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
–	5.5	2024	Surface	Open Pit	–	300.0	1196.0*

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
700.0	2023	2000.0	Angren	Lignite	Thermal	Coal Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Uzbekkomir JSC	Uzbekkomir JSC [100.0%]	Uzbekistan

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	2024	2025
Saleable	–	3.87	3.7	3.8	4.45	5.07	5	5.5*	–

Expansion/Extension

Table 7: 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
Proposed	Construction	Expansion	–	2.6	2030 (planned)

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

Angren coal mine is a surface mine in Angren, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Angren coal mine is owned by Uzbekugol, which is a state-owned entity. It is the largest coal mine in Uzbekistan. Together with the much smaller Apartak Coal Mine, it accounted for over 90% of Uzbekistan's coal production (as of 2021).

The development of the mine complex commenced back in the 1940 with the commissioning of several underground mines (1,2,3,8 and 9). The last operating underground mine 9 was closed in 2004.

In accordance with the Resolutions of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan in 2019, Central Asia Energy LLC was appointed as a trusted manager with a package of 90.08% of the charter capital of Uzbekkomir JSC.

The mine supplies coal to the Angren power station and Novo-Angren power station.

The business plan published by Uzbekugol in October 2022 stated that 2022 production will reach 4.2 million tonnes and will stay at 4.2-4.6 million tonnes in 2023-2026. In February 2023, the company published a press release stating that 2022 production together with the smaller Apartak Coal Mine reached 5.07 million tonnes, an increase of 4% compared with 2021. Apartak mine produced about 0.5 Mt in 2022.

In an interview from October 2022, Uzbekugol mentioned that "the northern and north-western sides of the Angren pit are rapidly expanding, new upper ledges appear, on which excavators work. In order to increase the removal of overburden volumes, building a railway line to distant dumps with a length of 3.5 to 5 km is required, as well as an upgrade of existing fleet of locomotives".

In 2024, Uzbekkomir reported a record total coal output of 6.7 million tonnes, a nearly 15% increase compared to the previous year. Of that total, the Angren coalfield accounted for over 5.5 million tonnes, while the adjacent Apartak coalfield surpassed 1.2 million tonnes for the first time.

Expansion

In May 2023, the President of Uzbekistan ordered the Angren coal mine to increase production by 22% in 2023, the company received a USD 80 million loan to achieve this. Total coal production in Uzbekistan was set to increase from 5.3 Mt in 2022 to 6.5Mt in 2023. As of 9m 2023, national coal production increased by 14.5% reaching 4.46Mt. Push for higher coal production is due to decreasing domestic gas production volumes.

As of December 2024, it was planned that the total production of Uzbekkomir would achieve 6.7 million tonnes, increasing it to 7 in 2025, 7.3 in 2026 and 10 million tonnes by 2030.

Equipment and Operations

As of October 2025, more than 40 open-pit excavators operated on the benches of the Angren mine. Two new Hitachi hydraulic excavators were being assembled, commissioned and fully tested, with both machines scheduled for mobilisation for coal extraction and loading. With state support, forty Komatsu 90-tonne dump trucks of Japanese manufacture were purchased and put into production, which contributed to a significant increase in open-pit mining volumes.

By-products

In addition to coal, the Angren pit yielded a range of co-extracted minerals, including loess, gravel, limestone, quartz sand, opal-like and kaolin clays, and sandstone. Angren limestone was used in the production of Portland cement and construction lime. Grey kaolin found application in cement manufacturing, while loess, sand, gravel and derived crushed stone were used in road construction and repair. As of October 2025, Uzbekugol was in negotiations with potential buyers for the export of these by-products.

Methane Plumes Detected Nearby

Global Energy Monitor researchers analyze satellite-detected methane plumes in order to determine whether they have been observed at or near the site of GEM energy assets. The satellite data provider creates imagery of individual methane plumes and estimates their emission rates at the time of observation. GEM has reviewed many of these plume detections against Google Earth imagery and GEM’s own energy infrastructure tracker data. The following table lists methane plumes which are associated with the energy asset or facility based on distance and manual review. (A full description of the analysis process is available in the Global Methane Emitters Tracker methodology wiki page.)

Table M1: Plume details

For additional details on this individual plume identification and others, see the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Observation date	Satellite data provider	Location of plume origin	Methane emissions rate	Additional plume information
2025-05-03T06:43:41+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250503t064341c00s4001-A	41.03890012, 70.18569267	–	Toshkent Region Methane Observation 2025-05-03, 1

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