Gaohe Coal Mine

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Gaohe Coal Mine (山西高河能源有限公司（高河煤矿）) is located in Haojiazhuang Town, Changzhi County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China. Its production capacity is 7.5 million tons per year.

Location

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

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Coal Mine Background

The Gaohe Coal Mine is operated by Shanxi Gaohe Energy Co., Ltd, which is a Sino-foreign cooperative company jointly funded by Shanxi Lu'an Chemical Co., Ltd. and Asian American Continental Coal Co., Ltd. The mine started in February 2006 and was officially put into operation in June 2012, with a mine of the designed capacity of 6 million tons per year, a supporting coal preparation plant, and a special railway line.

Project Details

• Sponsor: Shanxi Gaohe Energy Co., Ltd.
• Parent Company: Lu'an Chemical Group Co. Ltd. (55%), Asian American Continental Coal Co., Ltd. (45%)
• Location: Haojiazhuang Town, Changzhi County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province, China.
• GPS Coordinates: 36.152253,112.990815(exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 7.5Mt/a
• Total Resource: 583.316Mt
• Minable Reserves: 574.746Mt
• Coal Type: bit(meager lean coal)
• Mine Size: 65.35k㎡
• Mine Type: underground
• Start Year: 2012
• Total Investment:

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