Baykaimskaya Coal Mine

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Baykaimskaya Coal Mine (шахта Байкаимская) is an operating coal mine in Mokhovo, Belovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Baykaimskaya Coal Mine	Mokhovo, Belovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.616716, 86.371465 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2009	–

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
1.9	0.06	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	448.0*	290.0*

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
26.0	2018	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Kuzbassrazrezugol JSC	Kuzbassrazrezugol JSC [100.0%]	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	2024	2025
–	0.9	0.29	*	2.4	0.85	0.06*	–	–	–

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

Baykaimskaya coal mine (шахта Байкаимская) is an underground mine near Mokhovo, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Baykaimskaya coal mine is owned and operated by Kuzbassrazrezugol, which in turn is majority owned owned by Ural Mining Metallurgical Company.

It is the only underground mine operated by Kuzbassrazrezugol. Underground mining is carried out on the territory of the surface mine Mokhovsky Coal Mine.

In November 2021, 55 miners evacuated from the mine following a smoke alarm, there were no casualties. In 2022, the Federal Technical Supervision Authority 'Rostechnadzor' confirmed fire safety violations at several underground mines in Kuzbass, inlcluding at Baykaimskaya. In total, 13 inspections were conducted at Baykaimskaya during 2022.

The annual report of Kuzbassrazrezugol referred to the underground portion of production at Mokhovsky (ie at Baykaimskaya) at 2.4 million tonnes in 2020 and 0.85 million tonnes in 2021. The mine's production was very negligible in the first half of 2022, a 90% reduction compared to the same period in 2021. It appeared that the mine's operations were suspended in 2022 following the inspections and the uncovered safety issues.

Kuzbassrazrezugol's 2022 and 2023 annual reports did not refer to any activity at the mine. However, according to the Kuzbassrazrezugol's 2023 report on sustainable development, the mine was still operational. January 2024 news stated that the mine's operations were suspended again, suggesting that it was operational before. In September 2024, it was reported that permissible concentration levels of methane were exceeded at the Baykaimskaya mine. For this and other violations, the mine received two administrative protocols, and the court suspended operations for 30 days. However, the mine resumed shortly after. In May 2025, coal extraction at longwall No. 10 of the Baykaimskaya mine was suspended for another 30 days, due to exceeding permissible methane concentration levels and multiple industrial safety violations. In November 2025, Rostekhnadzor temporarily restricted degassing drilling operations at the Baykaimsky seam due to violations of industrial and explosion safety requirements; the materials were referred to court following a serious workplace injury.

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

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Observation date	Satellite data provider	Location of plume origin	Methane emissions rate	Additional plume information
2025-02-18T06:04:06+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250218t060406c00s4001-E	54.61797, 86.37044	1043.88 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-02-18, 1
2025-02-23T05:51:06+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250223t055106c00s4001-F	54.61748, 86.37006	646.3473 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-02-23, 1

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