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Coal / Uranium Mine
Bofang Coal Mine
684th-largest coal / uranium mine in China of 2,582 · top 30% worldwide (#1,482 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Shanxi Lanhua Technology Venture Company
- Owner
- Shanxi Lanhua Technology Venture Company
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~2.1 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1999
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- #682Luxin No.2 Coal Mine
- #683Yinxing No. 2 Coal Mine
- #684Bofang Coal Mine
- #685Dalong Coal Mine
- #686Dongshan Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Shanxi Jincheng Baisheng Coal Mine546 m · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Gaoping Yecuan Coal Mine3.7 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Nanyang Coal Mine4.6 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- 500 kV line7.1 km · Transmission Line
- Gaoping Weigao Cement Manufacturing Co. Cement Plant12 km · Cement Plant
- Shanxi Qinshui (Jiecheng) solar farm12 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- Shanxi Qinshui (Longyuan Beiwei) solar farm12 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · solar
- Shanxi Qinshui (Huaneng/Zhonglai) solar farm19 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- Jincheng Fusheng Iron and Steel Co Ltd20 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Shanxi lanhua Coal Ammonia Plant24 km · Chemical Plant
- 1000 kV line24 km · Transmission Line
Methane observations · within 25 km
- 116,233 kg/hr · coal mine2024-11-20 · 5.5 km
- 4,433 kg/hr · coal mine2024-04-15 · 19 km
- 4,388 kg/hr · coal mine2024-08-05 · 19 km
- 3,368 kg/hr · coal mine2023-11-24 · 19 km
- 3,357 kg/hr · coal mine2025-04-06 · 23 km
Satellite detections from Global Energy Monitor’s Global Methane Emitters Tracker, each an instantaneous rate on the date shown — not an annual total, and not a current reading. GMET attributes a plume to a type of infrastructure, not to a named facility: these were observed near this asset, which is not evidence they came from it.
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Coal Mine Tracker (GCMT) (CC BY 4.0)