Kharanorsky Coal Mine

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Kharanorsky Coal Mine (Харанорский разрез) is an operating coal mine in Sherlovaya Gora, Borzinskiy, Zabaykalsky, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kharanorsky Coal Mine	Sherlovaya Gora, Borzinskiy, Zabaykalsky, Russia	50.565358, 116.401863 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1970	–

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
8	6	2025	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	700

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
306	2021	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Coal Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Kharanorskiy JSC [100.0%]	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Saleable	3.23	4.04	4.08	4.17	4.47	4.36	–	6	6

Expansion/Extension

Table 7: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Construction	Expansion	Phase 1	3	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

Kharanorsky coal mine (Харанорский разрез) is a surface mine in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. The mine is owned and operated by Razrez Kharanorsky JSC, a subsidiary of Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK).

The mines 2B & 3B, which produce the same amount, provide lignite to the Kharanorskaya power station and to the power stations of TGK-14.

In its 2018 Annual report, SUEK stated that their main project in Zabaikalye region relates to increasing the capacity of the Kharanorsky mine to 4 Mt by 2019. This has been achieved as the mine 4.17 million tonnes in 2020 and 4.475 million tonnes in 2021. As of November 2022, the mine has produced 4 million tonnes and planned to extract 5 million tonnes in 2023.

As per August 2024 news, the mine continues to break production records and has produced 2.9 million tonnes in the first half of 2024. A total of 5.5 million tonnes was the business plan for 2024 and the company will try to achieve 6 Mt production. Both in 2024 and 2025 the mine produced over 6 million tonnes of coal.

Expansion

As of August 2024, three major investment projects are underway, with a view to increase production to 7 Mtpa and then to 9Mtpa. The mine invests significant funds in the acquisition of new equipment - mining and transport equipment, excavators, dump trucks, bulldozers, graders. In addition, a large project has been created to reconstruct the railway system: the open pit has three stations, almost 60 kilometers of tracks, the repair of which will increase the transport capacity, which will have a positive effect on the extraction and transportation of coal. The company is affected by equipment supply issues as the business contacts with Japan and the EU countries have been interrupted due to sanctions and instead, Chinese and Belarussian equipment is being sought.

The expansion is likely driven by the announcement of planned new coal units at Kharanorskaya power station.

Razrez Kharanorskiy JSC was expanding its operations to the Tataurovskoye lignite deposit in Zabaykalsky Krai. The expansion involved development of a new production unit referred to as “Vostochny” (PO “Razrez Vostochny”) (should not be confused with other coal mines in Russia operating under the name “Vostochny”), which was planned to reach a design capacity of 3 million tonnes per year from 2026. It was again confirmed that the development was structured in three stages. The first stage, lasting until 2027, involved initial mining operations and dewatering of flooded sections, with excavation reaching depths of up to 75 meters. The second stage, scheduled for 2028–2031, envisaged expansion of mining works into adjacent areas. The third stage, planned for 2032–2036, provided for extraction of remaining reserves within the technical boundaries of the pit.

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