Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine

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Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine (Жеронский, Жеронского-Вереинский) is an operating coal mine in Ust-Ilimsky, Irkutsk, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine	Ust-Ilimsky, Irkutsk, Russia	58.214493, 102.913399 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2003	–

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
1.5	0.824	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	300

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
26	2021	–	Vereinsky	Subbituminous	Thermal	Coal Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Vostsibugol LLC [100.0%]	En+ Group	Russia

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	0.72	0.86	–	–	–	0.69	0.82	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

The Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine (Жеронский разрез) is an operating surface coal mine in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The Zheronsky-Vereinsky coal mine is a surface coal mine. It is owned by Vostsibugol LLC.

It is technically the Vereinsky mine operating on the Zheronsky coalfield, but it is referred to interchangeably by both names.

Information on the mine's production is limited. It has a capacity of 1.5 million tonnes per year, according to an old version of Vostsibugol website.

In 2022 the Zheronsky-Vereinsky coal mine reached a 15 million tonne production threshold over 20 years. Annual production averages about 0.7 million tonnes. The main consumer is Ust-Ilimskaya CHP power station.

In 2024, coal production at enterprises associated with EN+ Group continued to grow. According to regional authorities, coal output at Vostsibugol’s operations, which include the Cheremkhovsky coal mine, Tulunugol-Azeisky Coal Mine, Tulunugol-Mugunsky Coal Mine, Irbeysky Coal Mine and Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine, amounted to 16.3 million tonnes in 2024, as part of broader growth in coal production and shipments across the group. Coal produced by EN+ Group’s mining assets was supplied both to domestic consumers, including thermal power plants in Irkutsk Oblast, and to export markets.

No 2025 production figures were available neither for the Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine, nor for Vostsibugol.

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