Bolshevik Coal Mine

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Bolshevik Coal Mine (шахта Большевик) is an operating coal mine in Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bolshevik Coal Mine	Novokuznetsk, Novokuznetsk, Kemerovo, Russia	53.910728, 87.328541 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2005	–

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
–	0.55	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	448*	#REF!*

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
–	–	–	Mezhdurechensk	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shakhta Bolshevik JSC	Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC	Russia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
–	1.2	1.6	1.4	0.53	0.63	0.55	0.5

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background

Bolshevik coal mine (шахта Большевик) is an underground mine in the Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.The coal mine is owned and operated by Skakhta Bolshevik JSC, which was previously owned by 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.

It appears that the the mine's production has been in decline. In 2016 its production was 1.6 million tonnes while in 2020-2022 it was 0.5-0.6 million tonnes. However a news report (Youtube video) from December 2022 referred to the mine's plan to produce 1 million tonnes in 2023, thanks to investments in the new equipment and the planned launch of the new longwall. The mine was referred to as having complex geological conditions. A new longwall was launched in June 2023. However actual production in 2023 was only 0.5 Mt.

A media source from April 2021 stated that the mine will stop producing in 2025.

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