V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine

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V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine (В. В. Вахрушева) is an operating coal mine in Yasenivskyi, Antratsyt, Luhansk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine	Yasenivskyi, Antratsyt, Luhansk, Ukraine	48.1586361, 39.1848963 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1954	–

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
–	0.44	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	1000	1171*

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
32	–	–	–	Anthracite	Thermal	–

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

The V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. The V. V. Vakhrushev coal mine is an underground coal mine. It used to be owned and operated by DTEK Rovenky Anthracite LLC. 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.

In September 2022, the mine launched a new longwall with reserves of 0.5 Mt of anthracite coal. Expected daily production from the new longwall was 1,200 tonnes of coal per day. (that's about 0.44 Mt per year).

As of August 2023, the mine was operational although it was experiencing shortage of staff. With men sent to war, even women work underground at the mine. The source also mentions that the current production is lower than in the past due to the military activity.

In February 2024, a coal trading company "Donskiye Ugli" signed an agreement with the government of the Lugansk People's Republic on the lease of five mines including the Vakhrushev coal mine with a view to increase coal production. On this basis it appeared that the mine is operating, although there are severe problems with staff.

Coal Mines in Luhansk region

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.

• Owner: Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise (ГУП ЛНР РТК Востокуголь)
• Parent Company: Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Luhansk People's Republic
• Location: Yasenivskyi, Antratsyt Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
• GPS Coordinates: 48.1586361, 39.1848963 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Production Capacity: 1.2 Mt/year, 0.44 (2022 estimate)
• Total Reserves:
• Recoverable Reserves: 32.4 million tonnes (2018)
• Coal type: Anthracite
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1954
• Workforce:
• Source of Financing:

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