Reporter Yu Jiangyan
2022 enters the last month, and Xinjiang has a craze for production at open-pit coal mine pit entrances, sprinting to achieve the annual energy supply target.
This year, Xinjiang coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, comprehensively accelerated the construction of a large-scale national coal supply guarantee base, promoted the continuous release of high-quality production capacity, consolidated the foundation for coal production increase, and actively promoted Xinjiang coal to Xinjiang, participated in the balance of the national energy market, and made important contributions to ensuring national energy security.
Pike entrance coal production is busy
Recently, staff from Piliqing Open Pit Coal Mine mobilized excavators to clean gangue , accelerated the exposure of coal seams, and ensured the supply of coal in Yilizhou and coal in power plants. Photo by Cao Shikun
In the snow-covered wilderness, dozens of excavators kept waving their arms to shovel coal. On December 2, the Piliqing Open-pit Coal Mine located in Yining County showed a busy mining scene.
, which undertakes the task of ensuring the supply of coal for people's livelihood in , Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, and Piliqing Open-pit Coal Mine, in order to ensure the warm winter of people of all ethnic groups in Yili Prefecture, ushers in a busy mining season.
Piliqing Open Pit Coal Mine is one of the coal mines affiliated to China Coal Group Xinjiang Energy Co., Ltd., and China Coal Group Xinjiang Energy is also an energy supply enterprise. As a regional management unit, the company is responsible for the safety supervision, marketing, and regional planning of in Xinjiang. The company has one coal mine in Yili Prefecture and Hami City, each of which is responsible for the task of ensuring supply and use of coal for 3 power plants and people's livelihood. From January to November, China Coal Group Xinjiang Energy Co., Ltd. optimized its mining layout, focused on production organization, and scientifically released safe production capacity. It produced 7 million tons of coal and sold 6.88 million tons of coal. It used 90% of the total coal output to ensure supply of electricity coal, giving priority to the protection of Hami and people's livelihood coal for Yili Prefecture.
statistics show that from January to October, Xinjiang's raw coal production reached 327.327 million tons, and increased by 29.6% year-on-year, consolidating the "chassis" of energy supply.
Hami and Zhundong are important coal production bases in Xinjiang. In order to ensure the energy supply inside and outside Xinjiang, mines are currently exploited efficiently, orderly and safely.
Just entered December, the Hami Municipal Development and Reform Commission was speeding up counting the data in the first 11 months to sprint to complete the annual target of 120 million tons. It is estimated that Hami's coal production will be more than 110 million tons from January to November, an increase of more than 50% year-on-year.
Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture statistics: From January to October, the coal output reached 151.829 million tons, 85.6% of the target task has been completed. Recently, the average daily coal production in Changjizhou has exceeded 540,000 tons, and 18 coal production points are stepping up operations to ensure the completion of the annual target tasks and ensure the stable supply of coal.
"Xinjiang coal transportation" accelerates the run
Hami Fujiang Operation Co., Ltd. ships Xinjiang coal supply to Hunan through a special train. Photo provided by the interviewed companies
has an average of 145,000 tons of coal per day, and is transported to Xinjiang by train. China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. Statistics show that from January to November, 48.461 million tons of coal were shipped to Xinjiang.
plays the role of coal as a "ballast stone". In recent years, Xinjiang has seized the opportunity and actively integrated into national unified market , promoting the transformation of resource advantages into economic advantages.
Statistics show that in the first three quarters, the "Xinjiang coal transportation" was 58.331 million tons, an increase of 1.08 times year-on-year, an increase of 21.1 percentage points compared with the first half of the year.
Changji Prefecture's "Xinjiang coal transportation" volume from January to October reached 15.4324 million tons, completing 257% of the target task. It was mainly transferred to seven provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities including Gansu, Ningxia, Sichuan, Qinghai, Chongqing, Hubei, Hunan, etc., ensuring the supply and various production needs of major coal-use power plants in the northwest and southwest and .
Hami is the main battlefield of "Xinjiang coal transportation". It is expected that the "Xinjiang coal transportation" volume from January to November is 56.36 million tons, an increase of 155% year-on-year. In recent years, Hami City has taken the initiative to accelerate its integration into the national coal supply guarantee market "circle of friends". The scope of supply guarantee for "Xinjiang coal transportation" has gradually expanded from the previous main positions in the northwest and southwest to central, east and south China.
Hami Fujiang Operation Co., Ltd. is a joint venture established by state-owned enterprises in Chenzhou City, Hunan Province and Yizhou District, Hami City. This year, the company plans to transport 600,000 tons of coal to Hunan through special trains. "At present, one train of coal has been dispatched every day, and 4 trains have been dispatched every day from Xinjiang by next year." Chen Rui, director of Hami Fujiang Operations Co., Ltd., said that in the future, Xinjiang coal will be shipped to Chongqing port through special trains through railway and water transport, and then flow downstream to Hunan through water transport. It is expected that 5 million tons of coal will be shipped to Hunan every year.
Railway is the main force of Xinjiang coal transportation from Xinjiang, opening up ports in Chongqing, Hubei and other places. Xinjiang coal transportation from Xinjiang is transported and sold to cities around the Yangtze River port by rail-water transport; at the same time, the "rail-sea transport" method of Xinjiang coal from Xinjiang has also made positive progress. Now Xinjiang coal can be shipped to ports such as Caofeidian Port, Tianjin Port, and Huanghua Port , and then sold to East China and South China through sea transportation.
supply guarantee strength and strength are sufficient
State Energy Group Xinjiang Energy Co., Ltd. Zhundong Coal Mine, No. 2 crushing station plate feeder installation and hoisting operation site. Photo by Ma Teng
Xinjiang will comprehensively accelerate the construction of coal mine project in the "14th Five-Year Plan". The reporter learned from the Hami Municipal Development and Reform Commission that Tiaohu No. 1, Ingma No. 2 and Zhifang No. 1 coal mines that meet the approval conditions have submitted National Development and Reform Commission and National Energy Administration to apply for approval, and strive to obtain approval before the end of the year. "By the end of the year, the city's approved coal production capacity is expected to reach more than 100 million tons per year." said Zhang Jiming, deputy director of the Hami Municipal Development and Reform Commission.
At the same time, projects such as Jundong Guoneng Hongshaquan No. 2 open-pit mine 10 million tons/year and Yanmin Qineng Wucaiwan No. 4 open-pit mine 10 million tons/year have also been reported to the National Development and Reform Commission for approval before the end of the year.
National Energy Group Xinjiang Energy Co., Ltd. open-pit mine production capacity accounts for 94% of the company's total production capacity. In order to improve the production capacity of open-pit mines, we are currently accelerating the expansion and transformation of open-pit mines. It is planned to complete the construction of the Heishan open-pit mine ground production system and meet the operating conditions within the year, complete the construction of the No. 1 and No. 2 crushers of the Jundong Open-pit Mine Mining Field, involving the loading of the open-pit mine ring line, warehousing, and railway transportation channel construction, and are being carried out in an orderly manner, laying the foundation for the company to achieve the goal of exceeding 100 million tons of production and sales by 2023.
Wujiang Railway Weijiaquan Station, railway staff are carrying out coal transportation and unloading operations. Photo by Xu Li
While the production capacity is expanding, the construction of Xinjiang coal outbound channels is also accelerating. At present, Xinjiang is implementing the construction of Jiangnao Railway. After the railway line is completed, it will be connected with Linha Railway and Hongnao Railway. can greatly improve the railway transportation network in Xinjiang, connect the two major coal bases of Zhundong and Hami, and open up the golden channel for Xinjiang coal to leave the northern part of Xinjiang. At the same time, Xinjiang is actively promoting the energy expansion and transformation project of Golmud to Korla railway, forming a southern channel for "Xinjiang coal transportation" and driving coking coal from the Kubai area to Xinjiang.
In the end, the road from Xinjiang to Xinjiang will form a transportation pattern with the Lanxin Line as the main and the north and south wings as the auxiliary, so that the road from Xinjiang to Xinjiang will be more stable and farther.