Buzhanskaya Coal Mine

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Buzhanskaya Coal Mine (Шахта Бужанська) is an operating coal mine in Novovolynsk, Volyn, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Buzhanskaya Coal Mine	Novovolynsk, Volyn, Ukraine	50.781905, 24.122026 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1979	2024

Table 3: Operation details

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0.04	2023	Underground	–	–	380	259

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
–	–	–	–	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Volynvygglia State Enterprise [100.0%]	Ministry of Energy of Ukraine	Ukraine

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	2024	2025
–	0.05	–	–	–	–	–	0.04*	–	–

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

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Background

Buzhanskaya Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine. The mine's initial capacity was 0.3 million tonnes.

It was planned to privatize the mine in 2016, however the outcome is unknown.

A media report from November 2021 referred to the mine as not producing, the equipment outdated and no development plans. Most likely the mine would go into restructuring and also be closed.

In an interview in August 2022, the general director of Volynugol stated that "the state of affairs at the mine is not the best, the coal in the mine is not actually mined and besides, it needs enrichment at Chervonograd enrichment factory. We are working to restore the work of the mine". As of May 2023, the mine appeared to be operational under the new management, but with very low production levels at 2,600-2,800 per month (0.036 Mt per annum).

A media source from November 2023 reported that the Buzhanskaya coal mine was being prepared for closure by the end of 2024.

However it was later reported that for the first time since 2019, a new section was opened at the Buzhanska mine. This was made possible thanks to an investor who invested 27 million hryvnias and the mine continued operating. As of November 2024, the mine was operating.

In January 2025, the State Service of Geology and Subsoil of Ukraine has decided to grant Volynvugol a special permit for the extraction of hard coal at the Buzhanska mine field (seam n8), located in the Volyn region.

The mine continued operating through 2025 and into 2026, though its parent enterprise, Volynvugillya, remained in severe financial difficulty. In 2025, the state enterprise reported liabilities exceeding 1.5 billion hryvnias (approximately $37 million) against revenues of only approximately 194 million hryvnias (around $4.7 million), with outstanding wage debts to miners and unpaid obligations to contractors.

As part of a broader coal industry reform, the Ministry of Energy initiated the transfer of Volynvugillya — the parent enterprise of the Buzhanska mine — to the State Property Fund for privatization, with the aim of attracting private investors. The reform drew scrutiny from investigative journalists, who identified irregularities in the enterprise's procurement, including a transport tender in which a more expensive bidder was selected over a cheaper offer by nearly 2 million hryvnias (approximately $50,000); the Antimonopoly Committee found violations and ordered them to be remedied.

The mine was confirmed to be operating as recently as February 2026, when an underground accident occurred: on 13 February 2026, a jack fell from a mining combine onto an underground electrical mechanic during high-risk works, injuring him. Police opened a criminal investigation.

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