Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine
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Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine (Азейский разрез-Тулунуголь) is an operating coal mine in Tulun, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine | Tulun, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia | 54.47333333, 100.7019444 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1969[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3[2] | 1.8[1] | 2023[1] | Surface[2] | Open Pit[2] | – | 50* | 424.7864076* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 109[1][3] | 2011[1][3] | – | – | Lignite[3] | Thermal | Coal Plant[4] |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Vostsibugol LLC [100.0%][3] | En+ Group | Russia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleable | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Azeisky coal mine (Азейский разрез - Тулунуголь) is an operating surface mine in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. Azeisky coal mine is owned and operated by a branch of Vostsibugol LLC, which in turn is owned by En+ Group.[5][6]
The mine is part of Tulunugol branch which also operates the younger Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine. The two mine sites are about 50 km apart.[7]
Mining has taken place at the Azeisky coal mine since 1969. Production peak was achieved in 1987 - 15 million tonnes.[8]
Information on the mine's production is very limited. 2016 production according to Wikipedia was 2.3 Mt.[9] Joint production of the Azeisky mine and the Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine in 2018 was 7.5 million tonnes.[10] In the first half of 2022, the combined production of Tulunugol mines (Azeisky and Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine) was 2.25 million tonnes, which was 21% higher than in the same period in 2021.[11] A media source from August 2023 stated that the actual production capacity of the mine is 1.8 million tonnes.[12]
The main consumer of coal produced by Azeisky are the power stations of Irkutsenergo - Novo-Irkutsk power station, Novo-Ziminskaya power station, Irkutsk-9 power station, Irkutsk-10 power station, Irkutsk-11 power station, Baikal power station and Selenginskaya power station.[8]
In 2024, coal production at enterprises associated with EN+ Group continued to grow. According to regional authorities, coal output at Vostsibugol’s operations, which include the Cheremkhovsky coal mine, Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine, Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine, Irbeysky Coal Mine and Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine, amounted to 16.3 million tonnes in 2024, as part of broader growth in coal production and shipments across the group. Coal produced by EN+ Group’s mining assets was supplied both to domestic consumers, including thermal power plants in Irkutsk Oblast, and to export markets.[13]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://dzen.ru/a/ZXf5yWq6Wy128gT2.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://ugol.enplus.ru/enterprises/razrez-tulunugol/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20121218023629/http://www.kvsu.ru/qa/22.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://tulunr.irkmo.ru/news/detail.php?ID=112700.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Branch "Open-pit mine" Tulunugol"," "LLC "Company" Vostsibugol" website," accessed July 2020. Webpage recorded on December 18, 2012.
- ↑ Востсибуголь, MiningWiki.ru, accessed May 2021.
- ↑ Востсибуголь, MiningWiki.ru, accessed May 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "ТРУД ТЯЖЕЛЫЙ И СУРОВЫЙ – ЛЮДЯМ УГОЛЬ ДОБЫВАТЬ". Tulun municipality. 27 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Список угольных предприятий России". Ru.wikipedia. 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "«Такого давно не было»". /www.vsp.ru. January 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Argus Russian Coal". argusmedia.com. August 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Как на Тулунском угольном разрезе работает самый большой экскаватор в России". dzen.ru. December 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Coal production at EN+ enterprises increased by 26 percent over five years". bezformata.com. February 7, 2025. Retrieved Feb 11, 2026.
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