Syradasaysky Coal Mine

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Syradasaysky Coal Mine (Сырадасайское месторождение) is a proposed coal mine in Taimyr Dolgan-Nenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Syradasaysky Coal Mine	Taimyr Dolgan-Nenetsky, Krasnoyarsk, Russia	72.7448551174134, 82.6790097334715 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Test Operation	New	Phase 1	2022	–

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
5	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	*

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
153	–	5700	Syradasay	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Severnaya Zvezda LLC	AEON Corporation	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
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	Phase 2	5	–

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

Background

Syradasaysky Coal Mine (Сырадасайское месторождение) is a proposed surface mine in the Taymyr peninsula of Russia. The Syradasaysky coal mine project is developed by Severnaya Zvezda LLC, a company owned by AEON Group which belongs to the businessman Roman Trotsenko.

Severnaya Zvezda has been developing the project since 2008. In addition to the surface mine, the industrial cluster involves construction of the Yenisey Seaport, a processing plant, a highway from the open pit to the sea terminal, storage facilities for combustive-lubricating materials and gas stations, as well as a residential camp for staff.

Construction started in 2020. Since 2021, desolate stretches of tundra lands have turned into a construction site. A 60 km road now leads to the mine area and on the coast of the remote bay is emerging a terminal that ultimately is to be able to handle 100,000 ton deadweight ships. Shipping in the waters around the Taymyr Peninsula is highly challenging as sea-ice requires assistance from icebreakers. Roman Trotsenko previously said that the project will need up to 30 ice-class vessels that can deliver the coal to foreign markets. The lion’s share of those ships are planned built abroad.

As of 2022, annual production was expected to reach 5 million tonnes, increasing to 10 million tonnes by 2025. In April 2022, the company stated that in case of sanctions, it will sell produced coal to the domestic market or to China.

In October 2022 the mine produced the first batch and was in active stage of construction. The first batch of 0.1 million tonnes was shipped to China in October 2022 and in March 2023 the second shipment was being prepared. India, Turkey, Vietnam and Brasil were referred to as other potential export markets although as of March 2023, contracts were signed only with Chinese buyers. According to the company, there is no planned level of coal production (in March 2023). Another source stated that 0.5 million tonnes was planned for shipment in 2023.

The project included construction of a processing plant, but due to problems with the supply of US equipment following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, these plans were suspended and a new design was being developed.

• Owner: Severnaya Zvezda LLC
• Parent: AEON Group
• Location: Taimyr Dolgan-Nenetsky District, Krasnoyarsk Krai
• GPS Coordinates: 72.744855, 82.679009 (exact)
• Status: Proposed (test Operation as of October 2022 and March 2023)
• Production Capacity: 5Mt phase 1, 10Mt phase 2
• Total Resource: 5.7 billion tonnes
• Mineable Reserves: 153 Mt
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year: 2022
• Source of Financing: Sberbank

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