Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine

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Zheronsky-Vereinsky Coal Mine (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
–	0.82	2023	Surface	Open Pit	–	50.0*	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
26.0	2021	–	Vereinsky	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Vostsibugol LLC [100%]	En+ Group [100.0%]	Russia

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

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

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

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.

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