Tangshan Coal Mine

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Tangshan Coal Mine(开滦（集团）有限责任公司唐山矿业分公司) is an underground mine in Lunan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the exact location of the mine.

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Coal Mine Background

The Tangshan Coal Mine is operated and owned by Kailuan (Group) Co., Ltd. It was built in 1878 and put into operation in 1881. It has a long history and was the first large-scale mine in China that used Western advanced industrial technology to dig and use machinery.

On August 2, 2019, a dynamic phenomenon occurred in the connecting lane F5010 in the coal pillar area of ​​the ventilation shaft of the Tangshan Mining Branch of the Kailuan Group, causing a total of 7 deaths.

Project Details

• Operator: Kailuan (Group) Co., Ltd.
• Owner: Kailuan (Group) Co., Ltd.
• Location: 54 Xinhua East Road, Lunan District, Tangshan City, Hebei Province, China
• GPS Coordinates: 39.621128, 118.196006(exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 3 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Resource: 367.787 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 184.295 million tonnes
• Coal Type: Bituminous(Met)
• Mine Size: 55.0101k㎡
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1881

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