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The Cerrejon open-pit coal mine is located in South America in Colombia . Situated near the basin of the Rancheria River , the Cerrejon mine is divided into three main areas – Cerrejon North Zone , Cerrejon Central Zone and Cerrejon South Zone – and stretches over 170,000 acres . The mine has been in production since 1985 , producing 32Mt of thermal coal per year . The Cerrejon mine , which is independently operated , is owned by a joint venture partnership between Anglo American ( 33.3 percent ), BHP Billiton ( 33.3 percent ) and Glencore Xstrata ( 33.3 percent ). In 2011 , an expansion project named P40 commenced to increase the mine ’ s annual production to 40Mt by 2014 .

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Opened in 1973 , the Raspadskaya mine is the largest coal mine in Russia and the ninth largest in the world . Located in the Kemerovo region of Russia , the Raspadskaya is an underground coal mine complex comprised of two underground mines --MUK- 96 and Raspadskaya Koksovaya ; and one open-pit mine called Razrez Raspadsky . Owned and operated by the Coal Company Raspadskaya , the mine produces 100 percent coking coal . In 2008 , the Raspadskaya mine produced 22 million tons of coking coal and has a total coal reserves estimated at 782 million tons .

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