Cerrejón is a large open-pit coal mine in Colombia. It is located in the southeast of the department of La Guajira, close to the border with Venezuela. The coal mine is situated in the northeastern part of the Cesar-Ranchería Basin, the basin of the Ranchería River, between the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in the west and the Serranía del Perijá to the southeast. At Cerrejón, low-ash, low-sulphur bituminous coal from the Cerrejón Formation is excavated. The mine is one of the largest of its type, the largest in Latin America and the tenth biggest in the world. Cerrejón extends over 690 square kilometres (270 sq mi). It is divided into three sections, North Zone, Central Zone and South Zone. Total proven reserves are estimated at 503 megatonnes. In 2016, the mine produced 32,683,315 tonnes.
Mining in the United Kingdom produces a wide variety of fossil fuels, metals, and industrial minerals due to its complex geology. In 2013, there were over 2,000 active mines, quarries, and offshore drilling sites on the continental land mass of the United Kingdom producing £34bn of minerals and employing 36,000 people.
Macarthur Coal was a mining company based in Queensland, Australia, which was incorporated in October 1995. The company was founded by Ken Talbot, who was a former chief executive officer.
Anina Coal Mine is an underground mine that is now closed. It was one of the largest mines in Romania. It is located in South-Western Romania, in Anina, Caraş-Severin County in the historical Banat region. The mine still has large reserves of anthracite, lignite, brown coal and oil shale amounting to over 1.3 billion tonnes. It was owned by Miniera Banat a state owned company that specialised in the management of coal mines in the Banat region. The mine opened in 1790 making it the longest running mine in Romania until its closure in 2006. Its galleries are hundreds of kilometers in length and reach a depth of 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) making it the deepest mine in Romania and one of the deepest in Europe. The mine supplied oil shale to the nearby Crivina Power Station, a 990 MW thermal power station, the first oil shale power station in Romania, that had to be supplied with around 4 million tonnes of oil shale per year.
Some of the more notable coal companies in Australia are the following:
Mining in North Korea is important to the country's economy. North Korea is naturally abundant in metals such as magnesite, zinc, tungsten, and iron; with magnesite resources of 6 billion tonnes, particularly in the Hamgyeong-do and Jagang-do provinces. However, often these cannot be mined due to the acute shortage of electricity in the country, as well as the lack of proper tools to mine these materials and an antiquated industrial base. Coal, iron ore, limestone, and magnesite deposits are larger than other mineral commodities. Mining joint ventures with other countries include China, Canada, Egypt, and South Korea.
The Ptolemaida-Florina Coal Mine is a coal mine in Greece. The mine is located in Ptolemaida and Florina in West Macedonia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 1.82 billion tonnes of lignite, one of the largest lignite reserves in Europe and production is centered on 49 million tonnes per year.
The Curragh Coal Mine is an open-cut, coal mine located 30 km north of Blackwater in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 88 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine had an annual production capacity of 7 million tonnes of coal. The mine covers 12,600 ha of the Rangal Coal measures in the Bowen Basin.
The Saraji Coal Mine is a coal mine located near Dysart in the Central Queensland region of Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 648 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 10 million tonnes of coal. It is located in the Bowen Basin an area with significant coal deposits and numerous mines.
The Chulmakansky Coal Mine is a coal mine located in eastern Russia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 199 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 0.6 million tonnes of coal.
The Okino Coal Mine is a coal mine located in southern Russia in Buryatia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 126 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3 million tonnes of coal.
The Tugnui Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Buryatia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 301 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Russia and the world and has an annual production of 5.8 million tonnes of coal.
The Urgal Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Khabarovsk Krai. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 857 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Russia and the world and has an annual production of 2.3 million tonnes of coal.
The Zhernovskoye Coal Mine is a coal mine located in southern Russia in Kemerovo Oblast. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 163 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 3.6 million tonnes of coal.
The Usinsky Coal Mine is a coal mine located in north-western Russia in Komi Republic. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 620 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 5 million tonnes of coal.
The Pereyaslavskoye Coal Mine is a coal mine located in southern Russia in Krasnoyarsk Krai. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 900 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 4 million tonnes of coal.
The Elginsky Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Sakha Republic. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 2.1 billion tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 9 million tonnes of coal.
The Elegest Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Tuva. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 855.2 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Asia and the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 7 million tonnes of coal.
The Tsentralnyi Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Tuva. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 639 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Russia and the world and has an annual production of 1 million tonnes of coal.
The Listvianskaya Coal Mine is a coal mine located in Novosibirsk Oblast. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 895 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Russia and the world and has an annual production of 5 million tonnes of coal.
