Baysun Coal Mine

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Baysun Coal Mine (Байсунское месторождение) is an operating coal mine in Baysun, Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Baysun Coal Mine	Baysun, Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan	38.1978758383229, 67.2115726633838 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1982	–

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
–	0.05	2020	Underground	–	–	494*	386*

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
13	–	–	–	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Boysunkumir LLC	Uzbekistan Temir Yullari JSC	Uzbekistan

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
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	–	0.4	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Baysun Coal Mine is an underground mine in Baysun, Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan.

Boysunkumir LLC owns operates the mine, which is owned by Shargunkumir JSC. In turn, Shargunkumir is 99.86% owned by O’zbekiston Temir yo’llari JSC (Uzbekistan Railways).

As of 2020, the mine was producing only about 50,000 tonnes of coal per year, with plans to expand production up to 450,000 tonnes per annum.

As of January 2023, the expansion project did not appear to have progressed. In January 2023, the President of Uzbekistan mentioned the development of Baysun coal field as a future project and the need to attract investors.

In its 2023 business plan, Shargunkumir listed 0 as production of coal contributed by Boysunkumir LLC. Therefore it was not clear if the mine is still operating.

• Owner: Boysunkumir LLC
• Parent: Uzbekistan Railways JSC
• Location: Baysun, Surkhandarya, Uzbekistan
• Coordinates: 38.19787584, 67.21157266 (Approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 0.05 million tonnes (2020)
• Total Reserves: 12.9 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1982
• Source of Financing:

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: 0.4 Mt up to 0.45Mt
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: unknown
• Source of Financing:

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