Pingshuo East open-pit mine

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Pingshuo East open-pit mine (中国中煤能源股份有限公司平朔东露天煤矿) is a key project of the “11th Five-Year Plan” of China's coal industry. It is located at the northern end of the Ningwu Coalfield and is designed to produce 20 million tons(Mt) of raw coal per year.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the coal mine located in Yulin Town, Pinglu District, Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, China.

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Coal Mine Background

On January 5, 2009, the Pingshuo East open-pit mine with an annual production capacity of 20 million tons, as one of the national coal industry's "Eleventh Five-Year" key projects, started construction. On October 28, 2016, the mine passed the national acceptance, marking that the mine officially entered the production and operation period.

Project Details

• Sponsor: China Coal Energy Holding Co., Ltd.
• Parent Company: China Coal (57.36%), others(42.64%)
• Location:Yulin Town, Pinglu District, Shuozhou, Shanxi ProvinceChina
• GPS Coordinates: 39.550649,112.442337(exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 20Mt
• Total Resource:1645.62Mt
• Minable Reserves: 1458.52Mt
• Coal Type: Bituminous(gas coal, long flame coal)
• Mine Size: 48.4098k㎡
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2016
• Source of Financing:

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