Bilozerskaya Coal Mine

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Bilozerskaya Coal Mine (Білозерська) is a mothballed coal mine in Bilozers'ke, Dobropillia, Donetsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Bilozerskaya Coal Mine	Bilozers'ke, Dobropillia, Donetsk, Ukraine	48.5182958, 37.0347969 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	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
–	0.61	2021	Underground	–	–	730*	*

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	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Bilozirska Mine LLC	DTEK Energy BV	Ukraine

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

Background

The Bilozerskaya Coal Mine is an operating underground coal mine in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine.

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. The current output of the Donbas mines, including this one, is no longer transparent, and many are likely non-operational and on hiatus. The Bilozerskaya coal mine is an underground coal mine. It is owned by by Bilozerska Mine ALC, a subsidiary of DTEK Energy BV, which is ultimately owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov.

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. The current output of the Donbas mines, including this one, is no longer transparent, and many are likely non-operational and on hiatus.

In early 2022 it was reported that DTEK made investments in the mine in 2021 that should have allowed it to increase production up to 1.7 million tonnes in 2022, two new longwalls were prepared with reserves of 2.6 million tonnes. Therefore the mine was operational as of early 2022, prior to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

However there is no information available on whether the mine was operational later on in 2022 and in 2023. As per media report from August 2023, DTEK still controlled the Bilozerska mine.

• Owner: Bilozerska Mine ALC
• Parent Company: DTEK Energy BV
• Location: Bilozers'ke, in Dobropillia Raion, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
• GPS Coordinates: 48.5182958, 37.0347969 (exact)
• Status: Mothballed
• Production Capacity: 0.644 Mt (2017), 0.854 Mt (2019), 0.56 Mt (2020)
• Total Reserves:
• Recoverable Reserves:
• Coal type:
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 1954
• Workforce:
• Source of Financing:

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