Kirova Coal Mine

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Kirova Coal Mine (Шахта им. Кирова) is an operating coal mine in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kirova Coal Mine	Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.652327, 86.152629 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1947	–
Operating	–	1935	–

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
–	5.7	2022	Underground	–	–	448*	1544*
0.26	0.228	2017-2019	Underground	–	–	730*	1544*

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
16.445	2009	–	–	Bituminous	–	–
582	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Makeevugol State Enterprise	Ministry of Energy of Donetsk People's Republic	Russia
SUEK-Kuzbass JSC	Siberian Coal Energy Company 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	Announced	Expansion	–	–	–

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

Background

Kirova coal mine (Шахта им. Кирова) is an underground mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

The Kirova coal mine is owned and operated by SUEK-Kuzbass JSC, a subsidiary of Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK).

As of 2019, annual production was about 5 million tonnes of high volatile coal, about 3 Mt of which was exported (semi-soft and steam coal). The Kirova washing plant produces metallurgical coal, which is in demand by steel companies both in Russia and abroad. The total capacity of the washing plant is 6 Mtpa.

The Kirova coal mine launched a new seam and modernized the mine in 2019, which allowed to reach production of 4.7 million tonnes in 2020 and 5.5 million tonnes in 2021.

In 2022, it was reported that SUEK-Kuzbass was working on a project to join some mining areas of the Kirova coal mine and Komsomolets coal mine to be able to mine the seams Boldyrevsky, Polenovsky (Kirova) and Tolmachevksy (Komsomolets). In addition the company was working to expand the mine in Komsomolsky Gluboky section. SUEK acquired the license to Komsomolsky Gluboky section in 2018, with estimated reserves are 319 Mt. It appeared that an Environmental Impact Assessment and the public consultation should have been concluded by mid-2022. As of September 2023, there were no news on the project.

The Kirova coal mine and Komsomolets coal mine of SUEK are equipped with recovery systems and gas engine plants that capture methane gas from the mines and use it to generate heat and electricity. However the Federal Technical Supervisory Authority (Rostechnadzor) registered violations of allowed methane levels at the mine several times in 2022, and temporarily suspended operations. Operations were suspended again (presumably temporarily) in April 2023 and then in August 2023. Increased checks at the mines in 2022 and 2023 follow the tragic accident at Listvyazhnaya coal mine in late 2021 due to methane leak.

In December 2022, SUEK reported that high-tech (water) treatment facilities of modular type with a capacity of 400 m3/h were put into operation.

In the year ending July 2023, the mine produced 5.7 million tonnes of coal.

• Owner: SUEK-Kuzbass JSC
• Parent: Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK)
• Location: Leninsk-Kuznetsky City, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.652327, 86.152629 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 4.7 Mt (2020); 5.5 Mt (2021), 5.7 Mt (H2 2022- 1H 2023)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 582 million tonnes (Proven and Probable, 2021)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Thermal and Met)
• Mine Size:
• Mine Type: Underground (Longwall)
• Start Year: 1935
• Source of Financing:

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Proposed
• Capacity: unknown
• Mineable Reserves: 319 Mt
• Start Year:

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