Chernihiv, Yuzhniy, Lutuginsky Coal Mine

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Chernihiv, Yuzhniy, Lutuginsky Coal Mine (Черниговская-Южный-Лутугинский) is a proposed coal mine in Baranovka, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chernihiv, Yuzhniy, Lutuginsky Coal Mine	Baranovka, Kemerovsky, Kemerovo, Russia	55.649117, 86.070671 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	–	–

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
2.1	–	–	Underground	–	–	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
20	2020	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Holding Company SDS Ugol JSC [100.0%]	Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC	Russia

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

The Chernihiv-Yuzhniy-Lutuginsky coal project (участки шахты Черниговская, Южный, Лутугинский) is a proposed underground mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The mine project is developed by SDS UGOL, a subsidiary of Siberian Business Union-Coal (SBU) and is set to produce 2.7 million tonnes.

The underground mine project was mentioned in the Russian Government's 'Programme for Coal Industry Development up to 2035' and is set to produce 2.7 mtpa.

There are no news on this underground mine project, but some news on the progress of the surface mine in the same location Glushinsky coal mine, which could indicate that the plans for the underground mine have been abandoned. In September 2022, the governor of Kuzbass said that new mine projects are on hold due to infrastructure restrictions of coal exports through the Eastern route of Russian Railways, only the projects that are nearing completion are being finished. As of April 2025, the project was deemed cancelled.

However, in Rostechnadzor’s 2026 schedule for reviewing mining development plans, JSC “Chernigovets” was listed for consideration in connection with the Chernihiv, Yuzhny, and Lutuginsky sections. While this schedule does not confirm implementation, it indicates that documentation for 2026 was being processed by the regulator, suggesting that the project (or related underground operations planning) may still have been active at that time. Therefore, as of February 2026, the project's status was returned to "pre-permit".

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