Beishan open-pit mine

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Beishan open-pit mine (新疆北山矿业有限公司北山露天煤矿) Phase I project. The construction site is located in Qitai County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and its designed production capacity is 3 million tonnes per year.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the coal mine located in Qitai County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

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Project Details

• Sponsor: Xinjiang Beishan Mining Co., Ltd.
• Parent Company: Xinjiang Beishan Huiyuan Investment Co., Ltd. (80%), Xinjiang Agricultural Sixth Division Aluminum Co., Ltd. (20%)
• Location: Qitai County, Changji Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China
• GPS Coordinates: 44.538798,90.366812（exact)
• Status: proposed
• Production Capacity: 3Mt/year
• Workforce Size: 100-199
• Coal Field: Zhundong Coal Field
• Total Resource: 182.4952Mt
• Mineable Reserves:124.8955Mt
• Coal Type:
• Mine Size: 7.718k㎡
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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