Kirbinskiy Coal Mine

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Kirbinskiy Coal Mine (Разрез Кирбинский, ООО Разрез Кирбинский) is an operating coal mine in Kirba, Altaysky, Khakassia, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kirbinskiy Coal Mine	Kirba, Altaysky, Khakassia, Russia	53.36762, 91.20985 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2018	–

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
–	2.6	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	300

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
350	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Kirbinskiy LLC	Russian Coal JSC	Russia

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: 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	Test Operation	Expansion	Stage 1	0.4	2022
Shelved	Announced	Expansion	Stage 2	3	2039 (planned)

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Kirbinskiy coal mine (Кирбинский разрез) is a surface mine near Kirba, Republic of Khakassiya, Russia.

Kirbinskiy coal mine is a new mine that was opened in 2018 with capacity of 4 million tonnes per annum. It is owned by Razrez Kirbinskiy LLC, a subsidiary of Russian Coal.

Kirbinskiy coal is shipped to the domestic market and exported to Europe and Asia. Export volumes are likely to be lower in 2022 due to infrastructure restrictions in Khakassiya to re-orient exports in the Eastern direction.

Expansion

In early 2022, Russian Coal planned to increase production at the mine from 2 to 3 million tonnes in 2022. Actual production in 2022 reached 2.6 million tonnes and in Q1 2023, production increased by 10% compared to the same period in 2022. The company continued to implement the investment programme to expand the equipment fleet at the mine. It therefore appeared that the expansion project to increase the mine's production to 3 million tonnes was on track, as of August 2023.

Further expansion was also mentioned in Russia's 'Programme for Coal Industry Development up to 2035' from 2020, citing increase in reserves of 100Mt and a production up to 6 million tonnes per annum, by 2039. Given the infrastructure restrictions in Khakassiya to export coal in the Eastern directions and the long-term nature of this expansion, this further expansion was considered Shelved, as of Q4 2022.

• Operator: Razrez Kirbinskiy LLC
• Owner: Razrez Kirbinskiy LLC
• Location: near Kirba, in Altaysky District, Republic of Khakassia, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 53.36762, 91.20985 (approximate)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 1.9 million tons (2020), 2.1 million tonnes (2021), 2.6 million tonnes (2022)
• Total Resource: 350 Mt
• Total Reserves:
• Coal type: Subbituminous (Thermal)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2018
• Source of Financing:

Project Expansion 1 Details

• Status: Proposed (Test Operation)
• Capacity: increase of 1 Mt to 3 Mt by 2022
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2022
• Source of Financing:

Project Expansion 2 Details

• Status: Shelved
• Capacity: increase by 3 Mt up to 6 Mt
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2039
• Source of Financing:

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