Mezhdurechenskiy Coal Mine

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Mezhdurechenskiy Coal Mine (разрез Междуречье) is an operating coal mine in Mezdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Mezhdurechenskiy Coal Mine	Mezdurechensk, Mezhdurechensky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.656418, 87.927914 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1964	–

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
6	4.29	2024	Surface	–	–	60*	521.7286817*

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
10.8	2025	17.4	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Mezhdurechye JSC [100.0%]	Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Saleable	6.24	6.3	6.06	4.7	5.8	3.42	4.3	4.29	–

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

The Mezhdurechenskiy coal mine (разрез Междуречье) is a surface mine Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. Mezhdurechye owns and operates the mine. It used to be owned by Sibuglemet, whose majority shareholder was the State Development Corporation VEB. In 2022 following the sanctions against many Russian companies, a new company Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC was formed to replace Sibuglement Holding LLC as the manager of the coal assets. Later in March 2022, VEB ceased to be the the 71% majority shareholder of the Novaya Gornaya Management Company LLC following the management buy-out of the company. Now 4 private individuals individuals each hold 17.6%.

Evraz was planning to acquire the assets of Sibuglemet in 2020, but this deal fell through. Evraz also used to manage Sibuglemet assets from 2015, the management services agreement was terminated in November 2020.

The mine has a washing plant.

In April 2023, an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.8 was recorded in close proximity to the mine.

Coal production in 2024 amounted to 4.29 million tonnes, of which 4.22 million tonnes were coking coal and 0.07 million tonnes were thermal coal.

The company reported that mining operations were conducted across three main areas: the Main Field (metallurgical grades), the Sibirginsky-7 and Sibirginsky Border areas (thermal grades), while the Katylsky section was fully mined out in 2023.

In 2024, the company reported no industrial accidents.

Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M1271.B1	mine boundary	surface	Mezhdurechenskiy coal mine boundary	extracted	2025-11-12 00:00:00
M1271.P1	other	preparation plant	Coal handling and preparation plant	extracted	2025-04-24 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Dec 24, 2025

ID	Notes
M1271.B1	This mine operates under the subsoil land-use license КЕМ 00487 ТЭ, as identified through the Project Documentation: Development of the “Mrassky”, “Mrassky-2”, “Mrassky Glubokii” Areas with Continuation of Mining at the “Main Field” of the Mezhdurechensky Mine (Проектная документация: «Проект отработки участков “Мрасский”, “Мрасский-2”, “Мрасский Глубокий” с доработкой участка “Основное поле” разреза “Междуреченский”), page 5, https://www.archive.org/details/MezhdurechenskyCoalMine ,2024.The license was issued on April 7, 2011, and is valid until September 1, 2025.The license was issued on April 29, 1999, and is valid until December 31, 2047. The approximate area of the resulting boundary is 9 square km.
M1271.P1	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery. Also verified through the official company website of AO OF “Mezhdurechenskaya”, https://web.archive.org/web/20251212170949/https://new-mmc.com/kompaniya/nashi-predpriyatiya/, 2025

Methane Plumes Detected Nearby

Global Energy Monitor researchers analyze satellite-detected methane plumes in order to determine whether they have been observed at or near the site of GEM energy assets. The satellite data provider creates imagery of individual methane plumes and estimates their emission rates at the time of observation. GEM has reviewed many of these plume detections against Google Earth imagery and GEM’s own energy infrastructure tracker data. The following table lists methane plumes which are associated with the energy asset or facility based on distance and manual review. (A full description of the analysis process is available in the Global Methane Emitters Tracker methodology wiki page.)

Table M1: Plume details

For additional details on this individual plume identification and others, see the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Observation date	Satellite data provider	Location of plume origin	Methane emissions rate	Additional plume information
2024-12-19T05:30:45+00	CarbonMapper, tan20241219t053045c00s4001-A	53.66242, 87.92746	1354.34 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2024-12-19, 1
2025-02-19T05:24:40+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250219t052440c00s4001-G	53.66276, 87.92671	–	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-02-19, 1
2025-03-21T05:41:33+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250321t054133c00s4001-A	53.66156, 87.92655	1425.326 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-03-21, 1
2025-03-28T05:42:18+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250328t054218c00s4001-G	53.66227, 87.92713	–	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-03-28, 1
2025-04-11T05:44:03+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250411t054403c00s4001-A	53.6624, 87.92294	6414.864 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-04-11, 1
2025-06-25T05:41:08+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250625t054108c56s4001-C	53.66193, 87.92785	–	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-06-25, 1

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