Apsatsky Coal Mine

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Apsatsky Coal Mine (Апсатский разрез, участок № 4 АО Разрез Харанорский СУЭК) is a mothballed coal mine in Novaya Chara, Kalarsky, Zabaykalsky, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Apsatsky Coal Mine	Novaya Chara, Kalarsky, Zabaykalsky, Russia	57.12143276, 118.198061 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	2011	–

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
–	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	60.0*	–

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
70.0	2021	–	Apsatskoye Kamennougol'noye Mestorozhdeniye (Апсатское каменноугольное месторождение)	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Arkticheskiye Razrabotki LLC [100%]	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC [100.0%]	Russia

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
Cancelled	Pre-Permit	Expansion	–	2.1	2024

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

Apsatsky coal mine (Апсатский разрез) is a surface coal mine in the Kalarsky district of the Zabaykalsky Krai in Russia. The mine was owned and operated by Arkticheskiye Razrabotki LLC, a subsidiary of SUEK. The Apsatsky coal mine was the 2nd largest producer of coking coal in Russia.

It produced about 0.6 million tonnes of coal per year in 2018/2019, 0.135 million in 2020.

In 2018-2019, there was an expansion plan to increase production to 3.5 million tonnes by 2024.

SUEK has mothballed the mine in the second half of 2020 due to lower coal prices.

The mine's reserves were still reported in SUEK's 2021 annual report at 70 Mt (2021), but the mine was not listed as part of the operations assets on SUEK's website (as of September 2022 and August 2023) so it was assumed that it remains mothballed.

A media report from August 2024 referred to the mine as mothballed in 2020.

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