Bogatyr Komir Mine
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Bogatyr Komir Mine (previously known as Bogatyr Access Komir) is an open-pit coal mine near Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar region). It is Kazakhstan's largest coal producer, accounting for approximately 70% and 40% of all coal produced in the Ekibastuz basin and Kazakhstan, respectively. Over 1 billion tonnes of coal have been extracted to date.[1] The project is a joint venture between Kazakhstan’s state-run Samruk Energy and Russia's RUSAL.[2]
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Location
The below map shows the location of the Bogatyr Komir mine near Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan.
Background
The Bogatyr mine sits approximately 22 km from Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan (Pavlodar region).[2] It was built in nine stages from 1965 to 1979.[3]
In autumn of 1996, the national company Ekibastuzkomir JSC (which owned Bogatyr mine up until that point) was privatized by the Kazakh government, and the American company Access Industries Inc. bought the 70%-property of Bogatyr Mine and Stepnoy Mine (a coal mine in Russia's Khakasiya Republic, owned by Russian Coal); the name was changed to Bogatyr Access Komyr, LLP. Three years later, the Severny open-cast coal mine was transferred into trust management by the company as a result of negotiations between Bogatyr Access Komir and the now defunct OAO Unified Energy System of Russia. Later on, the American company sold the mines to the Russian company United Company RUSAL, the world’s largest vertically integrated aluminum producer.[4][5]
In 2008, Bogatyr Access Komir was transferred to the management of a joint venture of Kazakhstan Samruk Energy and the Russian United Company RUSAL. And in March 2009, Bogatyr Access Komir LLP was renamed as Bogatyr Komir LLP.[3]
According to RUSAL's website, Bogatyr Komir plans to increase its coal output to 58 million tonnes through the Severny field reconstruction that is expected to increase the mine capacity to 18 million tonnes per year by 2020. The facility also intends to modernize the Bogatyr mine and switch it to an automated conveyer use. The mine is also currently implementing a number of projects to reduce its impact on the environment. Among other things, the facility is introducing an underground waste disposal system. One dump storage area will remain in the facility, down from seven in the year 2000.[2]
Guiness World Record
With an output of 56.8 million tonnes of coal in 1985, the Bogatyr mine entered the Guinness Book of World Records for being the world's largest single coal mine. (However, since then this level of production has not been sustained.)[4]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Samruk Energy JSC/United Company RUSAL
- Parent Company: Samruk Energy JSC/United Company RUSAL
- Location: Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan
- GPS Coordinates: 51.655495, 75.4336006 (exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production Capacity: 46 million tonnes per year (combined annual capacity of the Bogatyr and Severny coalfields)[2]
- Total Resource:
- Mineable Reserves: 3 billion tonnes
- Coal Type:
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Open pit
- Start Year: 1979
- Source of Financing:
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References
- ↑ "The EDB to invest EUR 196.9 million in Bogatyr Komir’s project" Eurasian Development Bank, Feb. 22, 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Bogatyr Komir Rusal, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 About Company Bogatyr, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Bogatyr Access Komir Wikipedia, accessed November 2019.
- ↑ "Bogatyr Access Komir, the Leader of Kazakhstan’s Coal Industry" Kazakhstan Business Magazine, 2001.
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