Changcun Coal Mine

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Changcun Coal Mine (山西潞安环保能源开发股份有限公司常村煤矿) is located in Yuze Town, Tunliu County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the coal mine located in Yuze Town, Tunliu County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China.

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Coal Mine Background

The Changcun Coal Mine is operated by Shanxi Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co. It is the first extra-large and modern coal production enterprise in China to build with World Bank loans. Now it has 8,500 employees, with a designed annual production capacity of 4 million tons and an approved production capacity of 8 million tons. The mine started in July 1985 and was completed and put into operation in September 1995.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Shanxi Lu'an Environmental Energy Development Co.
• Parent Company: Shanxi Lu’an (61.61%), China Securities Finance Corp.(3.01%), Others(35.38%)
• Location: Yuze Town, Tunliu County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China.
• GPS Coordinates: 36.362666,112.975762(exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4 Mt/a designed (8Mt/a peak)
• Total Resource: 654Mt
• Minable Reserves: 361Mt
• Coal Type: anthracite, bit(lean coal)
• Mine Size: 95.5218k㎡
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1995
• Total Investment:

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