Obukhovskaya Coal Mine

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Obukhovskaya Coal Mine (АО «ШУ «Обуховская») is an operating coal mine in Zverevo, Krasnosulinsky, Rostov, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Obukhovskaya Coal Mine	Zverevo, Krasnosulinsky, Rostov, Russia	48.03693, 40.19049 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	–	1978	–
Proposed	Permitted	New	2026 (planned)	–

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
–	1.5	2022	Underground	–	–	448*	1058*
2	–	–	Underground	–	61	448*	*

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
74	–	–	–	Anthracite	–	–
86	–	111	–	Anthracite	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Donugol JSC	Best Solution JSC [100.0%]	Russia
Shakhtoupravlenie Obukhovskaya JSC	Best Solution JSC [100.0%]	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	4	3	2	1*	1*	1	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 supplement.

Background

Obukhovskaya coal mine (Шахтоуправление Обуховская) is an operating underground coal mine located near Zverevo, Krasnosulinsky district, Rostov Oblast, Russia. Obukhovskaya coal mine is owned and operated by Shakhtoupravlenie Obukhovskaya JSC. The company was previously owned by the Ukrainian DTEK but was sold to Valleyton Investments Ltd in 2022. Later in June 2023 it was announced that the new owner of the company is a company from Moscow SBK Premier.

The financial situation of DTEK deteriorated, leading to Sberbank taking over as the main creditor of the company and subsequently selling the mine to Valleyton Investments. The Russian authorities ordered to stop the supply of Russian anthracite coal to Ukraine in 2021, citing that domestic needs for the higher-grade coal need to be prioritized.

In 2018 an incident occurred at the mine leading to one fatality.

In February 2022 a collapse of the mine left 3 workers trapped. It appears that they were rescued.

In the first half of 2022, the mine produced 0.796 million tonnes, with full-year production reaching 1.5 million tonnes. In Q1 2023, production increased by 35% with the annual plan to reach 1.8 Mt in 2023.

In March 2023, one miner died and two received injuries when following a collapse.

• Owner: Shakhtoupravlenie Obukhovskaya JSC
• Parent: SBK Premier
• Location: Zverevo, Krasnosulinsky district, Rostov Oblast, Russia
• GPS Coordinates: 48.049169, 40.311069 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production: 2.1 million tonnes (2019), 1.5 million tonnes (2022)
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves: 74 million tonnes
• Coal type: Anthracite
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1978
• Source of Financing:

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