Rechnoy Coal Mine

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Rechnoy Coal Mine (участок Речной / поле шахты "Талдинская") is a shelved coal mine in Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Rechnoy Coal Mine	Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.188457, 87.041245 (approximate)

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

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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
4.25	–	–	Surface	–	–	60*	*

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
28	–	–	–	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Salek JSC	Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC	Russia

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

Background

The Rechnoy coal mine (участок Речной) is a proposed coal mine in Kemerovo region, Russia.

It appears that the mine would be developed together with Taldinskaya underground mine section. In 2017 Salek CJSC (a subsidiary of SDS Ugol) won a license to develop the Rechnoy section, which is adjacent to Vostochny coal mine (Salek), also operated by Salek. Salek is owned by SDS UGOL, a subsidiary of Siberian Business Union-Coal.

The Russian Government's 'Programme for Coal Industry Development to 2035', published in June 2020, specifies the planned capacity of the coal mine at 4.25 mtpa. A full range of exploration work has yet to completed at the proposed mine site, according to the Programme.

In 2020, the technical project and the Russian Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for Phase 1 of the joint development of Rechnoy and Taldinskaya underground mine sections were put forward for a public consultation.

Since then there was no news on the progress of the project.

In September 2022, the governor of Kuzbass said that new mine projects are on hold due to infrastructure restrictions of coal exports through the Eastern route of Russian Railways, only the projects that are nearing completion are being finished.

• Owner: Salek JSC
• Parent: Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC
• Location: Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky District, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 54.188457, 87.041245 (approximate)
• Status: Shelved
• Production Capacity: 4.25 Mtpa
• Total Resource: 17.1 million tonnes (Rechnoy) and 11.6 million tonnes (Taldinskaya underground mine section)
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type:
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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