Zarechnaya Coal Mine
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Zarechnaya Coal Mine (шахта Заречная) is an operating coal mine in Polysaevo, Kemerovo, Russia.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Zarechnaya Coal Mine | Polysaevo, Kemerovo, Russia | 54.5918126116608, 86.2486522164129 (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 | – | 1953[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 2.5[2] | 2023[2] | Underground | Longwall | – | 448* | 1025.89613* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | Bituminous[1] | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Coal Company Sila Sibiri JSC [100.0%][3] | Coal Company Sila Sibiri JSC | Russia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saleable | 0.39[4] | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
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
Zarechnaya Coal Mine (Шахта Заречная) is an UNDERGROUND mine in Polysaevo, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.
Zarechnaya coal mine used to be owned by Shakhta Zarechnaya JSC, but the mine's assets were acquired in 2021 by the Coal Company Sila Sibiri for RUB 1.7bn, after several sale attempts.[5]
Shakhta Zarechnaya JSC was announced bankrupt in November 2017.[5] It was part of Zarechnaya Coal Company that was also went bankrupt in 2017. The sale to Sila Sibiri included the mine as well as Oktyabrskaya coal mine, a washing plant and loading-transportation infrastructure.[5] The capacity of the mine was estimated at 3-5 million tonnes per annum.[5]
An industry report stated that in 1H 2022, the mine produced 0.6 million tonnes.[6]
Total production of Sila Sibiri (from Zarechnaya and Oktyabrskaya section) was reported at 2.5 Mt in 2022.[7][8]
In April 2023, it was reported that coal mining work is being carried out with one longwall within the Oktyabrskaya mine site; at Zarechnaya, preparatory work was underway to reach a new seam.[7][8] It therefore appeared that the mine was operating.
In February 2024 it was reported that Shakhta Zarechnaya JSC completed the bankruptcy proceedings.[9] As of August 2025, the Sinklinalny-2 subsoil licence area (Sinklinalny 2 Coal Mine), previously associated with the bankrupt Shakhta Zarechnaya and Polysaevskaya Coal Company, had been incorporated into the mine's operating licences. Two licences issued on 25 August 2025 (Nos. 340/10819 and 340/10818) covering the Sinklinalny-2 site were listed in the Rostechnadzor Siberian Directorate's schedule of mining development plan reviews for 2026.[10]
2023 coal production of Sila Sibiri was reported at 2.1 million tonnes.[11] In 1H 2024, the company's coal production increased by 25% to 1.8 million tonnes.[12] No joint annual production figures were published for 2024 or 2025.
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References
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "За «Заречную» взялись «Силой Сибири»". kommersant.ru. July 1, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Argus Russian Coal". argusmedia.com. August 1, 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Сила Сибири возобновила добычу угля на шахтоучастке Октябрьский". neftegaz.ru. April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Угольная "Сила Сибири" возобновила добычу, ранее приостановленную Ростехнадзором". www.interfax.ru. April 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Шахта «Заречная» завершает банкротство". /www.kommersant.ru. February 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "График рассмотрения планов (схем) развития горных работ на 2026 год". usib.gosnadzor.ru. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
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