{"entry":{"slug":"world-coal-mines","kind":"dataset","title":"World operating coal mines, GEM 2023 archive","description":"Operating coal mine locations from the Global Energy Monitor public tracker map.","topic":"Energy","region":"World","updated":"2026-09-15","preview":"/library/world-coal-mines.29630df09f4a.webp","assetId":"world-coal-mines","sourcePage":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-mine-tracker/","notes":["The view selects mines marked operating in the source map file.","The tracker focuses on large mines. It is not a complete list of every small mine.","Each point is a mine location, not the extent of its workings.","Use the mine type and coal type to group or label the records.","This is a March 2023 map archive, retrieved on 15 September 2026. It does not show current operating status."],"related":["world-power-plants-wri-archive","world-oil-pipelines","world-gas-pipelines"],"preset":{"color":"#2563eb","fillOpacity":0.28,"basemap":"carto","bounds":[-149.26,-51.53836,178.7661,78.22558]},"period":"Source edition: 2023"},"asset":{"id":"world-coal-mines","version":"4fbab0200844","url":"/library/world-coal-mines.4fbab0200844.geojson","sha256":"4fbab0200844c404709ddcfca3e32f8a8789c078976c0eac4782c2530e9b6ce1","bytes":773683,"featureCount":2808,"geometryTypes":["Point"],"source":{"name":"Global Energy Monitor","url":"https://globalenergymonitor.org/projects/global-coal-mine-tracker/","license":"CC BY 4.0","licenseUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Global Energy Monitor"},"fields":[{"name":"name","description":"Mine name."},{"name":"status","description":"Source operating status."},{"name":"mine_type","description":"Surface or underground type as reported."},{"name":"country","description":"Country name."},{"name":"coal_type","description":"Reported coal type."},{"name":"source_url","description":"GEM mine reference page."}]}}