Heroes of Space Coal Mine

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Heroes of Space Coal Mine (Шахта Героїв Космосу) is an operating coal mine in Verbky, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Heroes of Space Coal Mine	Verbky, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	48.5954636, 35.9563957 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1978	–

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
–	3.1	2017	Underground	–	–	730*	#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
–	–	–	–	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
DTEK Pavlogradugol PJSC	DTEK Energy BV	Ukraine

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	3.1	–	–	–	–	–	–

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

The Heroes of Space Coal Mine (Heroyiv Kosmosu in Ukrainian) is an underground coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

It is operated by DTEK Pavlogradugol, a subsidiary of DTEK Group, which is owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov.

In 2020 and 2021, the coal mines of Pavlodgradugol produced a total of 6 million tonnes of coal.

Two methane explosions occurred at the mine in 2019 and 2020. In 2019, three miners were severely injured.

Pavlograd is considered the center of Western Donbass and coal mines are located around the city. Located 80km from the Donetsk region, the city periodically suffers from Russian shelling. Due to the Russian invasion, many people left Pavlograd, including mine workers, and about 3,600 miners were mobilized into the Defense Forces. Coal enterprises faced a personnel crisis and now many women are employed in the mines in Pavlograd.

As of January 2024, the mine appeared to be operating.

As of June 2024, most of the mines were planned to be shut down, but Heroes of Space and two other mines would continue operating. As of early 2025, the mine appeared to be operating.

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