Las Lajitas Coal Mine

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Las Lajitas Coal Mine (Mina Las Lajitas) is a shelved coal mine in Rafael Urdaneta, Aragua, Venezuela.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Las Lajitas Coal Mine	Rafael Urdaneta, Aragua, Venezuela	9.518954, -66.750943 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Exploration	New	–	–

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
0.9	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	–

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Corporación Venezolana de Minería [100%]	Corporación Venezolana de Minería [100%]	Venezuela

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

The Las Lajitas Mine is a proposed coal mine in Venezuela. In June 2019, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro announced an initial investment of €71 million in a public-private partnership to develop the Las Lajitas Mine, located in the municipality of Rafael Urdaneta, Aragua state, Venezuela. According to officials, the project is still in the early stages of development, but long-term plans call for coal production of 1 million tonnes per year. Coal from Las Lajitas would primarily be sold to Venezuela's Dutch-owned Lomas de Niquel slag-to-nickel project, with the remainder to be exported internationally. The government estimates that proceeds from the mine would total €45 million annually.

• Sponsor: Corporación Venezolana de Minería, unnamed Venezuelan private investors
• Parent Company: Venezuelan government, unnamed Venezuelan private investors
• Location: Rafael Urdaneta, Aragua state, Venezuela
• GPS Coordinates: 9.518954, -66.750943 (approximate)
• Status: Proposed
• Production Capacity: 1 million tonnes per annum
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