East Well of Sihe Coal Mine

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East Well of Sihe Coal Mine (山西晋城无烟煤矿业集团有限责任公司寺河煤矿东井) is located in Jiafeng Town, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, China, with a production capacity of 5 million tons per year.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the coal mine located in Yinzhuang Village, Jiafeng Town, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, China.

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Coal Mine Background

The Sihe Coal Mine is operated by Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Coal Industry Group Co., Ltd. It is located at the southeast edge of Qinshui Coalfield, bounded by the Qinhe and Houyue Railways. The east well is on the east side and the west well is on the west. The mine adopts a joint development method. The downhole production systems of each well area are independent of each other. The current production capacity of Sihe Mine is 9.00Mt/a, of which 4.00Mt/a in the West Well and 5.00Mt/a in the East Well. The construction of Sihe Coal Mine started in December 1996 and was officially put into production in January 2002. On February 1, 2002, a gas explosion occurred at Sihe Mine, which killed 23 people.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Shanxi Jincheng Anthracite Mining Group Co., Ltd.
• Parent Company: Shanxi State-owned Capital Investment and Operation Co. (62.57%), China Development Bank（20.36%），China Cinda Asset Management Co. (17.07%)
• Location: Yinzhuang Village, Jiafeng Town, Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province, China.
• GPS Coordinates: 35.596726,112.522648(exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 5Mt/a
• Total Resource: 719.11Mt(for Sihe Coal Mine)
• Minable Reserves: 383.45Mt(for Sihe Coal Mine)
• Coal Type: anthracite
• Mine Size: 91.20k㎡
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 2002
• Total Investment:

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