Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine

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Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine (шахта Сибиргинская) is an operating coal mine in Chuvashka, Myski Urban/Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Sibirginsky Underground Coal Mine	Chuvashka, Myski Urban/Novokuznetsky, Kemerovo, Russia	53.621227, 87.799988 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2002	–

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
1.2	0.9	2022	Underground	Longwall	6.8	448*	598

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
51.5	2021	70	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Southern Kuzbass Coal Company PJSC [100.0%]	Mechel 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
–	–	0.5	0.4	0.9	0.8	0.9*	*	–	–

Expansion/Extension

Table 7: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Shelved	Construction	Expansion	Phase 2	1.2	–

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

In 2022, the mine has produced 17.7 million tonnes of coal over its 20 years of operations.

The mine is owned and operated by Southern Kuzbass Coal Company, a subsidiary of Mechel. Southern Kuzbass Coal Company was formed in 1993 when several mining and processing enterprises joined forces. Southern Kuzbass Coal Company joined Mechel Group, in 2003.

The area is heavily mined by both opencast and underground mines. The combined impact of the operations is significant, with the water visual polluted, wildlife has fled and people who used to live as subsistence farmers or gatherers and hunters, having to buy food as dust cloaks food growing areas.

In August 2025, a new longwall commenced production at the mine. Reserves at the panel were estimated at 1.4 Mt, with extraction expected to take approximately 18 months.

Expansion

Southern Kuzbass has been planning to launch the second phase of the mine from as early as 2000s. Mechel reported that in 2011 the construction of the mine was re-started that should increase the mine's capacity from 1.2 to 2.2 million tonnes. As of 2019 and 2020, the project was still being developed and public consultations of the environmental impact assessment planned. The technical document from 2019 stated that capacity of the 2nd phase can range from 0.9-1.3 million tonnes.

However the project appeared to have been paused, with no news on the progress of construction. The latest available Mechel report for 2021 did not comment on the project. As per Southern Kuzbass' 2023 annual report (published in mid-2024), in 2024 only design and survey works are being carried out related to the adjustment the 2nd stage construction project.

Southern Kuzbass Coal Company Mines

The Southern Kuzbass Coal Company is one of the two companies belonging to Mechel PJSC.

The Southern Kuzbass Coal Company includes four surface mines and three underground mines. All mines are located in southeast Kuzbass around the town of Mezhdurechensk. The Southern Kuzbass mines and the related washing plants produce semi-soft and semi-hard coking coal, anthracite, PCI and steam coal. The Kuzbass operations are connected by rail to the Trans-Siberian Mainline and substantially all products are shipped by rail. Products are generally shipped by rail to Russian customers, to northwestern Russian ports for European customers, to Port Posiet and Port Vanino for export to Asia and to Port Temryuk for customers in the Black Sea and Mediterranean basins.

As of January 1, 2021, in-situ reserves at Southern Kuzbass's seven coal mines were estimated at about 1.8 billion tonnes. The project capacity of the company’s mines total 15 million tonnes annually, while washing capacity totals 17 million tonnes.

Southern Kuzbass' reported coal production increased from 6.37 in 2022 to 7.3 million tonnes in 2023. However in the first half of 2024, the company decreased coal production by 19% to 2.7 million tonnes.

Coal production by Mechel's two coal companies equalled 10.9 million tonnes in 2024. In 2025, Mechel reported coal production of 7.3–7.6 million tonnes and stated it expected to increase production in 2026 by at least 1.5x, to about 11–12 million tonnes. The company noted that in May–September 2025 it temporarily suspended some loss-making underground operations (including the V.I. Lenin Underground Coal Mine and Olzherasskaya Novaya Coal Mine) and also paused extraction of unprofitable coal grades at certain sections of the Sibirginsky Coal Mine and Krasnogorsk coal mine, later restarting them as coal prices showed signs of recovery in late August–early September.

In early 2026, the Arbitration Court of Kemerovo Oblast initiated bankruptcy proceedings against Southern Kuzbass Coal Company following claims from creditors over overdue debts exceeding RUB 18 million (approximately $196,000). The main claimant, Raritek Auto Group LLC, cited more than three months of arrears amounting to RUB 18.8 million (around $204,350). Additional claims were filed by other creditors. A court hearing to examine the validity of the bankruptcy petition was scheduled for May 2026.

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