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Bazhanova Coal Mine (Шахта імені В. М. Бажанова) is a mothballed coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Bazhanova Coal Mine | Donetsk, Ukraine | 48.344165, 39.658057 (exact) |
The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[1] | Mothballed after 2011 accident | 1957[2] | 2011 |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[3] | – | – | Underground | – | – | 1322[4] | * |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.4[5] | 2006[5] | – | – | Bituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Makeevugol State Enterprise[6] | Ministry of Energy of Donetsk People's Republic | Russia |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
Bazhanov coal mine (Шахта імені В. М. Бажанова) is an underground coal mine located in Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The Bazhanov mine holds one of the largest coal reserve in Ukraine with estimated reserves of 58.7 million tonnes of coal.[7] The annual coal production is around 1.02 million tonnes.
July 2011 Mining Accident
On 29 July 2011, an elevator collapse killed 11 miners and seriously injured four others.[8][9][10] Hundreds of workers were evacuated from other areas of the mine.[11] The president of Ukraine ordered a government investigation.[12] Ukraine's Prime Minister attributed the accident to "negligence" and estimated that it would take 16 months to repair damage to the mine.[10] Earlier that same day, Ukraine had experienced another fatal coal-mining accident due to an explosion in the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine.[11][13]
Operations after the accident were suspended. As of November 2012, the mine was still closed but the government launched a refurbishment program with a view to sell the mine later. About 1,500 workers were still employed to maintain the integrity of the mine while about the same number lost their jobs after the accident.[14]
According to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, most Donbas region mines were seized by Russians and pro-Russian rebels in late 2014 and many have endured electricity shortages and flooding ever since. Many are likely non-operational and on hiatus.[15]
The mine is listed as on the website of Makeevugol, in "water removal mode". Makeevugol is now a state-owned entity of the unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic. A media source from January 2023 referred to the possibility to restore the mine if there's an investor. [16]
- Owner: Makeevugol State Enterprise
- Parent Company: Ministry of Energy of Donetsk People's Republic
- Location: Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
- GPS Coordinates: 48.344165, 39.658057
- Status: Mothballed
- Production Capacity: 1.02 mtpa[14]
- Workforce Size:
- Mineable Reserves: 58.7 million tonnes
- Coal type: Bituminous
- Mine Size:
- Mine Type: Underground[17]
- Start Year:
- Source of Financing:
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240205193002/https://dzen.ru/a/ZL6rT8BPHXEBnUTt. Archived from the original on 05 February 2024.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.makeevugol.donbass.com/products.html https://m.day.kyiv.ua/ru/article/ekonomika/chego-boyatsya-gornyaki; http://www.makeevugol.donbass.com/products.html.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240126184922/https://vk.com/wall-5158073_2850019. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240126184651/http://www.makeevugol.donbass.com/products.html. Archived from the original on 26 January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ http://www.makeevugol.donbass.com/about.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Coal mine methane in Ukraine" (PDF). epa.gov. January 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-04-08. Retrieved 2010-12-29.
- ↑ "TWO MINING TRAGEDIES IN UKRAINE LEAVE 18 DEAD & 20 MISSING". AGI News. 27 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ "Elevator collapse kills one, injuries 8 in east Ukrainian mine". Xinhua. 27 July 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 34 killed, 6 injured in mining accidents, Ukrainian Journal, 31 July 2011
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Maria Danilova (27 July 2011). "18 killed in 2 mine accidents in Ukraine". Google News. Associated Press. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ President instructs investigation of Bazhanova coal mine accident Template:Webarchive, Press office of President Viktor Yanukovych, 30 July 2011
- ↑ New Ukraine coal mine explosion as safety review launched, Platts.com, August 4, 2011
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Чего боятся горняки?". m.day.kyiv.ua. November 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ Yulia Abibok, Ukraine’s Coal Industry in Crisis, Institute for War and Peace Reporting, January 22, 2021
- ↑ "В МАКЕЕВКЕ 🅉 ДОНЕЦК | ДНР | СВОДКИ С ФРОНТА 19 Jan 2023". https://vk.com/. January 2023.
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