Severo-Vostochniy Coal Mine

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Severo-Vostochniy Coal Mine (Разрез Северо-Восточный) is an operating coal mine in Raichikhinsk, Amur, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Severo-Vostochniy Coal Mine	Raichikhinsk, Amur, Russia	49.8142043667041, 129.449356151526 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1932	2028 (planned)

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
1.1	0.5	2025	Surface	–	–	50*	138.5050792*

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
–	–	–	–	Lignite	Thermal	Coal Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Amurugol JSC [100.0%]	Russian Coal JSC	Russia

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

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Saleable	1.4	1	1.03*	1*	1	1*	–	0.43*	0.5

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

Severo-Vostochniy Coal Mine (Разрез Северо-Восточный) is a surface mine in the Amur Oblast, Russia.

The mine is owned and operated by Amurugol JSC, a subsidiary of Russian Coal.

It is the oldest coal mine of Russian Coal.

The mine is located near Raychikhinsk, Amur Oblast, and works the reserves of the Raychikhinsk lignite deposit. It was commissioned in 1932 as the Dukhovskoy open pit — the first surface coal mine in Russia — and is the predecessor of Amurugol JSC. Historically, the Severo-Vostochny mine accounted for approximately 28% of Amurugol's total production, with the Erkovetskiy Coal Mine contributing the remaining 72%.

As of 2021, the mine's coal was used domestically, primarily by power plants, and is either collected from the site by the consumer or delivered by rail.

A media resource from December 2024 stated that coal production has been reducing since 2023 due to depleting coal reserves. Coal mining was anticipated until 2028.

In the first nine months of 2024, the Severo-Vostochny mine produced 433,200 tonnes of lignite. Combined production of Amurugol's two mines (Severo-Vostochny and Erkovetsky) reached 2.9 Mt in both 2023 and 2024. In the first five months of 2025, Amurugol reported a 30% year-on-year increase in lignite production across both mines.

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