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Maidizhang Coal Mine
1212th-largest coal / uranium mine in China of 2,582 · top 47% worldwide (#2,319 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Taiyuan Gengyang Industrial Group Maidizhang Coal Mine
- Owner
- Taiyuan Gengyang Industrial Group Maidizhang Coal Mine
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Coal type
- mixed
- Output
- ~1.2 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 2018
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- #1212Maidizhang Coal Mine
- #1213Majunyu Coal Mine
- #1214Mayixi No.1 Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Shanxi Xiaohuigou Coal Mine2.7 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Taiyuan-1 power station7.8 km · Power Plant · 2.0 GW · coal
- Zhaojiashan Coal Mine9.2 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Shanxi Jinfu Coal Mine9.6 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Shanxi Qingxu solar farm11 km · Power Plant · 200 MW · solar
- 500 kV line12 km · Transmission Line
- Shanxi Shilou Longjiao wind farm12 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · wind
- Shanxi Guashan Cement Co. Cement Plant17 km · Cement Plant
- Taiyuan New Chemical Materials Ammonia Plant17 km · Chemical Plant
- Shanxi Meijin Iron and Steel Co Ltd Dongyu Town18 km · Iron & Steel Plant
- Jintaoyuan Coal Coking Chemical Plant18 km · Chemical Plant
- Shanxi Runjin Ammonia Plant18 km · Chemical Plant
Methane observations · within 25 km
- 2,106 kg/hr · coal mine2025-04-03 · 11 km
- 1,213 kg/hr · coal mine2024-06-25 · 11 km
- 828 kg/hr · coal mine2023-03-02 · 25 km
- 776 kg/hr · coal mine2023-03-08 · 16 km
- 559 kg/hr · coal mine2023-03-08 · 8.9 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)