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)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1953	–

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
–	2.5	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	448*	#REF!*

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	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Coal Company Sila Sibiri JSC	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
Saleable	0.386	–	–	–	–	2.5	2.1

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

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.

Shakhta Zarechnaya JSC was announced bankrupt in November 2017. 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. The capacity of the mine was estimated at 3-5 million tonnes per annum.

An industry report stated that in 1H 2022, the mine produced 0.6 million tonnes.

Total production of Sila Sibiri (from Zarechnaya and Oktyabrskaya section) was reported at 2.5 Mt in 2022.

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. It therefore appeared that the mine was operating.

In February 2024 it was reported that Skhakhta Zarechnaya JSC completed the bankruptcy proceedings.

2023 coal production of Sila Sibiri was reported at 2.1 million tonnes. In 1H 2024, the company's coal production increased by 25% to 1.8 million tonnes.

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