Beregovoy Coal Mine

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Beregovoy Coal Mine (Разрез Угольный, участок Береговой) is an operating coal mine in Chuvashka, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Beregovoy Coal Mine	Chuvashka, Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.615321, 87.871742 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2012	–

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
–	3.4	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	60.0*	762*

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
–	–	–	–	Anthracite	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Yuzhnaya Coal Company JSC [100%]	Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC	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
Saleable	3.64	3.58	4.1	3.85	2.98*	2.1	3.4*

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	Pre-Permit	Expansion	–	1.8	2028 (planned)

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

Background

The Beregovoy Coal Mine (участок Береговой) is a surface coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Beregovoy coal mine is owned and operated by Yuzhnaya Coal Company JSC , a subsidiary of Sibuglemet. The majority shareholder of Sibuglement was the State Development Corporation VEB. In 2022 following the sanctions against many Russian companies, a new company Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC was formed to replace Sibuglement Holding LLC as the manager of the coal assets. Later in March 2022, VEB ceased to be the the 71% majority shareholder of the Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC following the management buy-out of the company. Now 4 private individuals each hold 17.6%.

Evraz was planning to acquire the assets of Sibuglemet in 2020, but this deal fell through. Evraz also used to manage Sibuglemet assets from 2015, the management services agreement was terminated in November 2020.

The mine — along with other large surface mines in the area — has faced opposition from the Shor people, an Indigenous group that lives and traditionally hunts in the area where the mine is now located.

In March 2019, a judge shut the mine down for 90 days, after multiple mining safety violations were found.

2023 production of the mine at 3.1 Mt was estimated as the total reported for Novaya Gornaya Management Company less the production of other mines owned by the company.

Expansion

In August 2022, Environmental Impact Assessment was published with a view to expand the mine's activity using the 'Mrassky section'. On page 11, the document stated that the "design capacity of the project was assumed based on the circumstances caused by the difficult economic situation in the coal market, and the amount of free reserve capacity of the washing plant of the Mezhdurechenskiy coal mine. The design capacity varies from 2.1 million tonnes in 2022 to 4.5 million tonnes in the period from 2022 to 2028." On this basis, it was assumed that 2022 production was 2.1 million tonnes, while the planned expansion targets additional 2.4 million tonnes to reach 4.5 million tonnes by 2028.

As per October 2024 reporting, the sections Mrassky, Mrassky-2 and Mrassky Gluboky were planned for exploitation, with planned completion of works in 2027. They would replace the Mezhdurechenskiy Coal Mine whose reserves were depleting.

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