Zemestan-Yurt Coal Mine

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Zemestan-Yurt Coal Mine (زمستان-یورت) is an operating coal mine in Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zemestan-Yurt Coal Mine	Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran	37.02810872, 55.29398914 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	–

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
–	0.04	–	Underground	–	–	494.0*	500

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
1.0	–	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Shahroud Industrial Mining Company [100%]	Shahroud Industrial Mining Company [100%]	Iran

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

Zemestan-Yurt Coal Mine (زمستان-یورت) is a coal mine in Azadshahr, Iran. On 3 May 2017, an explosion occurred at a depth of 1,200 meters in a tunnel of the Zemestan-Yurt coal mine, Golestan Province, Iran, when miners were trying to power a locomotive using an external battery. 42 people were killed in the accident and at least 75 injured, primarily from burns and inhalation of toxic gas.

• Operator: N/A
• Owner: N/A
• Location: Azadshahr, Golestan, Iran
• Coordinates: 37.02810872 55.29398914 (Exact)
• Status: Operating
• Capacity: 0.036 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
• Total Reserves:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal Type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine Type: Underground
• Workforce Size: 500
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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