Hei Dai Gou (China)

Belonging to Shenhua Zhungeer Energy Co. Ltd, the Hei Dai Gou mine is one of China’s largest open-pit coal mines. Since 1999, the mine has been producing low sulphur and low phosphorus coal with an annual output of 31 million tons. 

Located in the central Zhungeer Coalfield in Inner Mongolia, the mine is situated closely to highways as well as the Dazhun electrified railway. The Hei Dai Gou mine is China’s first coal mine to use AC Powered Walking Dragline. The mine is estimated to contain 1.5 billion tons of recoverable coal reserves.