Bolshevik Coal Mine

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Bolshevik coal mine (шахта Большевик) is an underground mine in the Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

Location

The map below shows the exact location of the mine.[1]

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Background

The coal mine is owned and operated by Skakhta Bolshevik JSC, which was previously owned by Sibuglemet.[2] The majority shareholder of Sibuglement was the State Development Corporation VEB.[3] 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.[3] 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%.[4]

Evraz was planning to acquire the assets of Sibuglemet in 2020, but this deal fell through.[5] Evraz also used to manage Sibuglemet assets from 2015[5], the management services agreement was terminated in November 2020.[6][7]

It appears that the the mine's production has been in decline. In 2016 its production was 1.6 million tonnes[8] while in 2020-2022 it was 0.5-0.6 million tonnes.[9][10] 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.[11] The new longwall was launched in June 2023.[12]

A media source from April 2021 stated that the mine will stop producing in 2025.[13]

Mine Details

  • Owner: Skakhta Bolshevik JSC
  • Parent: Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC (formerly Sibuglemet)[3]
  • Location: Zavodskoy Raion, Novokuznetsk City, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia[1]
  • GPS Coordinates: 53.910728, 87.328541 (exact)[1]
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 0.5 million tonnes (2020)[9], 0.63 million tonnes (2021)[14], 0.55 million tonnes (2022)[10]
  • Total Resource:
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Coal type: Bituminous (Met)[8]
  • Mine Type: Underground
  • Start Year: 2005[8]
  • Source of Financing:

Articles and resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Шахта «Большевик» (Новокузнецк), Wikimapia, accessed Mar. 2021.
  2. Sibuglemet website. "Our Companies". Retrieved October 2022 through the Wayback Machine. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Подпавший под санкции Сибуглемет переименован в "Новую горную управляющую компанию"". Xco.news. March 9, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. "ВЭБ вышел из компании, управляющей предприятиями бывшего холдинга "Сибуглемет"". Interfax.ru. March 14, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Evraz отказался покупать угольный актив ВЭБ.РФ в Кузбассе". rbc.ru. August 6, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Evraz unaudited results 1H 2022" (PDF). evraz.com. Section 12 (Issued guarantees), 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. "ВЭБ.РФ осветил темный уголь". kommersant.ru. March 29, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Шахта «Большевик» (Новокузнецк), MiningWiki.ru, accessed Mar. 2021.
  9. 9.0 9.1 "Итоги работы угольной промышленности России за январь-декабрь 2020 года" (PDF). eruda.ru. March 2021. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 13 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. 10.0 10.1 "Итоги работы угольной промышленности России за 2022". cyberleninka.ru. 2023. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 13 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. "На шахте "Большевик" подвели итоги работы за 2022 год". www.youtube.com. December 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Шахта «Большевик» Новой Горной Управляющей Компании запустила новую лаву". www.metalinfo.ru/. June 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "«Сибуглемет» обрублил долги". kommersant.ru. April 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "Итоги работы угольной промышленности России за 2021 год" (PDF). www.ugolinfo.ru. 2022. {{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 13 (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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