Cerro Coal Mine

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Cerro Coal Mine (Mina do Cerro) is an operating coal mine in Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cerro Coal Mine	Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil	-30.390024, -53.0463 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2004	–

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
0.5	0.21	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	228*

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Copelmi Mineração Ltda [100%]	Copelmi Mineração Ltda [100%]	Brazil

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	–	–	0.1	–	–	0.21	–

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

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Background

Cerro Mine or Mina do Cerro is a coal mine near the city of Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Cerro Mine is owned by Sociedade Mineradora do Cerro Ltda, a subsidary of Copelmi Mineração LTDA. Copelmi is Brazil’s largest private coal mining company, controlling more than 80% of the industrial coal market.

Government reports show that coal production at the mine reached 423,662 tonnes per annum in 2005, but it has since declined. A 2019 industry report listed the Cerro mine as Copelmi's third most productive coal mine, with annual production of 100,000 tonnes.

In June 2022, Brasil Mineral reported that the Cerro Mine had produced 225,200 tons of coal in the previous year (2021), and had a reported nameplate capacity of 500,000 tons.

• Owner: Sociedade Mineradora do Cerro Ltda.
• Parent company: Copelmi Mineração
• Location: Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
• GPS coordinates: -30.390024, -53.046300 (exact)
• Mine status: Operating
• Start year: 2004
• Mineable reserves:
• Coal type:
• Mine size:
• Mine type: Surface
• Production: 100,000 tonnes per annum (2019)
• Additional proposed production:
• Equipment:
• Number of employees:

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