Dalnyaya Coal Mine

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Dalnyaya Coal Mine (шахта Дальняя, Донской Антрацит) is an operating coal mine in Topolevy, Krasnosulinsky, Rostov, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dalnyaya Coal Mine	Topolevy, Krasnosulinsky, Rostov, Russia	48.0887329121771, 40.380555598824 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1943	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0.825	2023	Underground	Bord and Pillar	–	448*	#REF!*

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
–	–	–	–	Anthracite	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Donskoy Anthracite JSC	SBK Premier LLC	Russia

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

Note: The asterisk (*) indicates that the value is an estimated figure based on various factors, including the company's forecasted or reported monthly or quarterly production data, etc.

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	1	1.15*	1.15*	1.15*	1.3*	1*	0.825*

Expansion/Extension

Table 6: Project status

* Added capacity of a coal mine refers to the enhancement in the mine's production capabilities beyond its initial production capacity.

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Project Phase	Added Capacity (Mtpa)*	Start Year
Proposed	Announced	Expansion	–	0.4	2027

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September and December supplements.

Background

Dalnyaya coal mine (шахта Дальняя) is an operating underground mine located in Topolevy, Krasnosulinsky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Dalnyaya coal mine is owned and operated by Donskoy Anthracite JSC. The company was previously owned by the Ukrainian DTEK but was sold to Valleyton Investments Ltd in 2022. It appears that there were further ownership changes in 2023 - in June 2023 it was reported that the company is now owned by Russian-registered SBK Premier. In early 2024 it was reported that Putin has permitted the acquisition of Donskoy Anthracite by a Russian company Luchshee Resheniye JSC (Best Solution JSC) from an entity Fabcell Limited.

In 2018 there was one fatality as a result of the collapse of the mine at the depth of about 550m. More than 80 mine workers evacuated.

As of January 2022, the mine was producing about 0.9 million tonnes of anthracite coal. In 2022 Donskoy Anthracite has consolidated the mine operations with the previously mothballed Mine 410 with a view to increase production capacity to 1.3-1.4 million tonnes per annum by 2027. Investments amounted to 1.5bn roubles.

In 2022, the mine produced just short of 1 million tonnes, which was 30% lower than in 2021. Difficult geological conditions were cited as one of the reasons of lower production. 2023 production appeared to have lowered further. GEM estimated production below 1 Mt.

In early 2024, a new longwall was commissioned at the mine. Transitioning to a new longwall as well as technical violations were mentioned as reasons for not achieving higher coal production levels in the first half of the year. Overall coal production in 2024 has declined, although no data was available. As of December 2024 it appeared that the expansion was not going ahead.

In January 2025 it was reported that the operations of the underground mine were suspended for 90 days due to industrial safety violations. Its current capacity was said to be 0.7 Mt.

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