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Coal / Uranium Mine
Shanxi Yangquan Nanlou Coal Mine
2253rd-largest coal / uranium mine in China of 2,582 · top 74% worldwide (#3,639 of 4,963)
- Operator
- Shanxi Nanlou Group Yangquan Yuxian Xiunan Coal Industry Co Ltd
- Owner
- Shanxi Nanlou Group Yangquan Yuxian Xiunan Coal Industry Co Ltd
- Status
- operating
- Mineral
- coal
- Output
- ~0.6 Mtpa
- Commissioned
- 1998
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- #2252Shanxi Yangquan Lujiacun Coal Mine
- #2253Shanxi Yangquan Nanlou Coal Mine
- #2254Shanxi Yangquan Zhongsheng Coal Mine
- #2255Shanxi Yicheng Shan'ao Coal Mine
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Shangshe Erjing Coal Mine2.0 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Hengtai Changshun Coal Mine2.3 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Shangshe Coal Mine2.5 km · Coal / Uranium Mine
- Shanxi South Lou Group Cement Co. Cement Plant6.3 km · Cement Plant
- Shaan-Jing Gas Pipeline — Shaan-Jing Gas Pipeline 28.9 km · Pipeline
- Shaan-Jing Gas Pipeline — Shaan-Jing Gas Pipeline 38.9 km · Pipeline
- 500 kV line9.0 km · Transmission Line
- Shouyang power station9.0 km · Power Plant · 700 MW · coal
- Shanxi Yuxian (Three Gorges) solar farm10 km · Power Plant · 100 MW · solar
- Shanxi Yuxian Xiyan wind farm15 km · Power Plant · 118 MW · wind
Methane observations · within 25 km
- 26,982 kg/hr · coal mine2021-12-28 · 12 km
- 11,157 kg/hr · coal mine2025-06-04 · 17 km
- 10,387 kg/hr · coal mine2024-12-15 · 25 km
- 10,222 kg/hr · coal mine2024-04-23 · 25 km
- 9,079 kg/hr · coal mine2025-04-07 · 17 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)