Taldinsky-Zapadny Surface Coal Mine

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Taldinsky-Zapadny Surface Coal Mine (Талдинский-Западный разрез) is a mothballed coal mine in Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Taldinsky-Zapadny Surface Coal Mine	Bolshaya Talda, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.194282, 87.138748 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	–	–

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	–	–	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
5.0	2022	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Taldinsky Zapadny LLC [100%]	Razrez Taldinsky Zapadny LLC [100%]	Russia

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

Background

The Taldinsky-Zapadny surface coal mine (Талдинский-Западный разрез) is a mothballed coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Taldinsky-Zapadny surface coal mine was owned and operated by TalTek until 2021 when it was sold to Kusbassrazrezugol. Later in 2022, the mine was sold again to a businessman from Altai region Anton Petrov, stating that the mine has been operating with losses.

In 2020, the mine produced 0.83 million tonnes of coal, of which 0.7 (83%) were exported with 0.5 million of exports delivered to Ukraine. Previously the mine produced about 1.2 million tonnes per year. In 2019, production was 0.72 million tonnes.

As of 2022, the mine's remaining reserves were only 5 million tonnes and according to a media article, the mine was acquired to be potentially used as a storage for excavated rocks from the nearby Taldinsky coal mine, operated by Kuzbassrazrezugol.

The number of personnel reduced from 221 in 2021 to 4 in 2022.

The mine was not listed as one of the operating mines as of January 2023 in a government document.

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