Kharkovskaya Coal Mine

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Kharkovskaya Coal Mine (шахта Харьковская) is a mothballed coal mine in Kyseleve, Luhansk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kharkovskaya Coal Mine	Kyseleve, Luhansk, Ukraine	48.0524, 39.517922 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	1956	2022

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	–	–	Underground	–	–	494*	*

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
Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise	Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise [100%]	Russia

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

Background

Kharkovskaya Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. The mine used to be owned and operated by DTEK Sverdlovanthracite, a subisidiary of DTEK Energy B.V. With the seizing of the mine by pro-Russian separatists in 2017, the mine eventually came under the control of Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise, owned by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic.

A Ukrainian media source from November 2022 suggested that Russian occupiers will be closing the mine. A Russian source from March 2023 stated that the mine is not operational although water is being pumped.

In July 2024, several coal mines of the Luhansks Republic (LPR) were planned to be transferred to the investor Donskiye Ugli, including the Kharkovskaya coal mine. However it as not clear if the mine was operating at the time.

War in Ukraine, Coal Mining in Luhansk

With the seizing of the territory by pro-Russian separatists, many mines have been closed and flooded and closed since the start of the conflict.

At the end of October 2022, the six operating coal mines of Vostokugol State Enterprise extracted 3 million tonnes of coal. This was considerably less than 6 million tonnes in 2021. In 2023, coal production reached only 1.8 million tonnes. It appeared that coal production in 2024 was even lower as production over 9 months from April to December reached just over 1 million tonnes.

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