Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine
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Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine (Мугунский разрез - Тулунуголь) is an operating coal mine in Algatui, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine | Algatui, Tulunsky, Irkutsk, Russia | 54.438203, 100.189476 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | – | 1990 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7[1] | 4.42[2] | 2025[2] | Surface[1] | Open Pit[1] | – | 50* | 557.0259023* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 303[3] | 2022[3] | – | – | Lignite | Thermal | Coal Plant |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Vostsibugol LLC [100.0%][4] | En+ Group | Russia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleable | 6.8[5] | 7.5[5] | 6.86[6] | 6.2[6] | 5.7[6] | 7[6] | 7.8[7] | – | 4.42[2] |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Mugunsky Coal Mine (Мугунский разрез -Тулунуголь) is an operating surface coal mine in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The Mugunsky coal mine is owned and operated by a branch of Vostsibugol LLC, which in turn is owned by En+ Group.[8][9]
The mine is listed as part of the Tulunugol branch, together with the older Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine, even though the two mines are about 50 km apart.[10] The mine has a capacity of 7 Mtpa, according to an outdated Vostsibugol website.[11] Despite its size, information on the mine's operations is very limited. Wikimapia states that the mine produced 51.2 million tonnes of coal between 1992 and 2007, or an average of 3.4 MTPA.[12] 2016 production was 4.2 million tonnes, according to Wikipedia.[13]
Joint production of the Azeisky mine and the Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine in 2018 was 7.5 million tonnes.[14] In 2023, joint production reached 7.8 million tonnes[15], while Tulunugol-Azeisky coal mine was said to contribute about 1.8 million tonnes.[16][15]
In 2024, coal production at enterprises associated with EN+ Group continued to grow. According to regional authorities, coal output at Vostsibugol’s operations, which include the Cheremkhovsky coal mine, Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine, Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine, Irbeysky Coal Mine and Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine, amounted to 16.3 million tonnes in 2024, as part of broader growth in coal production and shipments across the group. Coal produced by EN+ Group’s mining assets was supplied both to domestic consumers, including thermal power plants in Irkutsk Oblast, and to export markets.[17]
According to a media report from December 2025, coal production at the Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine together with the Mugunsky Yuzhny Coal Mine, amounted to approximately 6 million tonnes per year. The report also stated that the company planned to increase production volumes depending on demand from its main consumer, Baikal Energy Company. However, the breakdown of production between the Tulunugol-Mugunsky mine and the Mugunsky Yuzhny site was not disclosed.[18]
Expansion
In July 2018, Vostsibugol paid 45 million roubles (about $650,000) for the rights to a new block to the southeast of the existing mine, with an additional 37 MT of reserves. Vostsibugol planned to mine this new block by 2021, adding 2.5 MTPA of production.[19][20] In August 2021, the site was being prepared and a power transmission line was being built to power the mining equipment.[21] In August 2021, construction of the new mine was said to be nearing completion.
A government document dated December 2023 listed Mugunsky Yuzhny as a new coal mine that started operations in 2021, producing lignite. It is owned by a separate entity Razrez Mugunsky Yuzhny LLC, but which is also owned by Vostsibugol LLC.[22][23] Therefore it appeared that the new section started operating under a separate legal entity. Information on the mine is under Mugunsky Yuzhny1 Coal Mine.
In December 2025, EN+ Group reported that modern wastewater treatment facilities had been commissioned at the Mugunsky production site of the Tulunugol coal mine. The facilities were constructed between 2023 and 2025 as part of an investment project related to the development of the Mugunsky Yuzhny section. According to the company, the new infrastructure was designed to support higher production volumes at coal mining sites in the Mugun area, with a stated target to increase output from approximately 6 million tonnes per year to up to 8 million tonnes per year, while complying with environmental standards.[24] As of 2025, EN+ Group’s website stated that the Tulunugol-Mugunsky coal mine had a production capacity of approximately 7 million tonnes per year; however, it was not clear from available sources whether this figure reflected a revised design capacity.[25]
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
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- ↑ Востсибуголь, MiningWiki.ru, accessed May 2021.
- ↑ Востсибуголь, MiningWiki.ru, accessed May 2021.
- ↑ Разрез «Тулунуголь», Vostsibugol website, 8 June 2014 (via Wayback Machine).
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Компания «Востсибуголь» будет разрабатывать новый участок Мугунского месторождения в Тулунском районе, Sibirskie Novosti, 11 July 2018.
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