Tazare Coal Mine

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Tazare Coal Mine (معدن زغالسنگ طزره - البرز شرقی) is an operating coal mine in Tazareh, Semnan, Iran.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Tazare Coal Mine	Tazareh, Semnan, Iran	36.40284564, 54.4282235 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.6	–	Underground	–	–	494.0*	622.0*

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
–	–	–	Alborz-Sharghi	Subbituminous	Thermal	Steel Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Alborz Sharghi Coal Company	Alborz Sharghi Coal Co [100.0%]	Iran

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

Tazare Coal Mine is an underground mine in Tazareh, Semnan, Iran. Alborz Sharghi Coal Company operates the mine.

• Operator: Alborz Sharghi Coal Company
• Owner:
• Location: Tazareh, Semnan, Iran
• Coordinates: 36.40284564, 54.4282235 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: (Thermal)
• Mine Type: underground
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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