# Eesti Energia to start longwall mining at Narva mine by 2020/2021

Eesti Energia plans to start oil shale extraction using longwall mining at the Narva underground mine in late 2020 or early 2021, with an annual output target of about 3 million tonnes. An international procurement for equipment has been announced.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-11-23
- Where: Narva, Estonia
- Starts operating: Q4 2020
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3 Mt per year
- Products: oil shale
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Eesti Energia](https://endata.com/companies/28339.md)

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2017/11/23/narva-underground-oil-shale-mine-go-longwall-20202021/), 2017-11-23: "If everything goes as planned, we hope to get the first output from the underground mine at the end of 2020 or at the beginning of 2021."

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