Shenhua gets nod to develop 13Bt Inner Mongolia mine

Mar 7, 2011

Shenhua Energy, the listed company of China’s top producer, has gained approval from the National Development and Reform Commission to develop a coal mine in North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, the company announced in a statement late Mar 4.

As a large untapped coalfield, Xinjie Taigemiao mining area, located in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, is estimated to hold 13 billion tonnes coal reserves, Huaxi Metropolis reported.

The mining area, adjacent to Shendong mining area, will be constructed as a modern coal mine with annual output of 100 million tonnes commercial coal, according to the statement

Pre-exploration work is undergoing, the company said.(sourced:en.sxcoal)

Inner Mongolia Shendong owns world’s No.1 mines cluster

Feb 21, 2011

Shendong mining area, based in northern autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, has the world’s largest 10-million-tonne level coal mines cluster, Inner Mongolia News reported.

Shendong is China’s first 100- and 200-million-tonne underground coal production base, and presently has 17 mines with a total production capacity of 200 million tonnes, , according to the report

Among these mines, there are three 20 million-tonne level coal mines, two mines with production capacity of 15 million tonnes and 5 capable of producing 10 million tonnes coal.

The mining area produced 178 million tonnes of raw coal in 2009, accounting for 6% of China’s total output.

Following technology innovation, Shendong Coal Group, the main company of China’s largest coal producer, improved production capacity of Daliuta mine to 20.76 million tonnes in 2003.

(sourced:en.sxcoal.com)