Ulug-Khem Coal Mine

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Ulug-Khem Coal Mine (Улуг-Хемскоe месторождение) is a shelved coal mine in Kyzyl, Kyzyl, Tandinsky, Tuva, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Ulug-Khem Coal Mine	Kyzyl, Kyzyl, Tandinsky, Tuva, Russia	51.6013748, 93.9287167 (approximate)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Exploration	New	Stage 2	2030 (planned)	–

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
4	–	–	Underground	–	–	448*	*

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
–	–	–	Ulug-Khem	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Ulughem Ugol LLC	Severstal PJSC	Russia

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: 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	Exploration	Expansion	Stage 1	5.5	2024

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Ulug-Khem coal mine (Улуг-Хемскоe месторождение) is a proposed underground mine in the Ulug-Khem coal basin of the Tuva Republic in Russia.

Ulughem Ugol LLC, a subsidiary of Severstal-Resource, and the leader of this development project, has been working to develop the Ulug-Khem coal basin since 2010.

The project has two 'sites,' one known as the Boom area deposit and the other for the Central Ulug Khem coal basin. The Central site is in the Tandinsky District, while the Boom area deposit is located in the Kyzylsky District. Both are near the town of Kyzyl in Tuva Republic.

As of 2020, the company has carried out a feasibility study of permanent exploration conditions and determined the total coal reserves at the 'Central' coal site. The update from June 2020 on the Central site indicated construction should begin no later than December 31, 2019. At the Boom area site, the site's reserves were being determined, and the company was able to conduct geological exploration of the Boom area provide for prospecting and appraisal work, as well as develop a feasibility study of temporary conditions. But, there was no construction deadline set.

As of October 2022, there were no news on the project's status since June 2020 - it therefore appeared to be shelved. There were also no news on the project as of October 2023.

• Owner: Ulughem Ugol LLC
• Parent Company: Severstal-Resource
• Location: Tandinsky and Kyzylsky Districts (Kozhuun), Tuva Republic, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 51.507, 94.137 (approximate)
• Status: Shelved
• Production Capacity: 5.5 Mtpa
• Total Resource: 807 million tonnes
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 2024
• Source of Financing:

Project Expansion Details

• Status: Shelved
• Production Capacity: Increasing the annual production by 4 MTPA to 9.5 MTPA
• Mineable Reserves:
• Start Year: 2030

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