Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Mine

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Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Mine (шахта Анжерская-Южная) is an operating coal mine in Razvedchik, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Mine	Razvedchik, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	55.802222, 86.117835 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2005	–

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
–	0.39	2023	Underground	Longwall	–	448*	#REF!*

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
–	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Co LLC	Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Co LLC	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*	0.98	1.23	0.39

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: 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
Shelved	Announced	Expansion	–	0.45	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background

The Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Mine (шахта Анжерская-Южная) is an operating underground coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. It is owned and operated by Anzherskaya-Yuzhnaya Coal Company LLC, which bought the mine in a bankruptcy auction in October 2018. It appears that the company is owned by private individuals.

It had a capacity of 650,000 tonnes per year in 2006, by 2018-2019 the mine was operating at about 1 Mtpa capacity.

In July 2019, rock pieces collapsed in a ventilation shaft at the mine. At the time of the emergency there were 66 people inside the mine; one miner died.

In December 2021, the court suspended coal mining in some parts of the mine for 90 days on the basis of violations of industrial safety norms. In January 2022, about 90 miners were evacuated from the mine due to ventilation malfunction. Despite continuous concerns on safety, the mine appeared to be still working in 2022: in June 2022, following another inspection, miners were found in the dead-end section of the mine where mining operations are considered dangerous, and discovered raised methane levels. Operations were suspended again. Another suspension of operations for 10 days was issued in January 2023.

In 2023, the mine's revenues decreased by more than 3x times and coal sales amounted to only 390 thousand tonnes.

In the beginning of 2024, the company was carrying out a set of measures with a plan to launch a new longwall. The full development of the longwall was planned for the first quarter of 2025.

As of December 2024, the coal mine was reducing the number of employees, planning to lay off about 100 people. Current number of employees was about 750. There were no plans to suspend coal mining but the enterprise was implementing measures to optimize the workforce in connection with the reduction of investments.

Planned Expansion

As of February 2021, the mine's owner was planning an expansion which would raise the mine's capacity to 1.45 MTPA. In 2021 Glavkosekspertiza approved the project of mine reconstruction. It was not clear whether this has gone ahead. With no news on the project, continuous safety violations and no recent production data available, the expansion project was considered Shelved. As of April 2025, the expansion was deemed cancelled.

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