Dovzhanska-Kapitalna Coal Mine

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Dovzhanska-Kapitalna Coal Mine (Шахта «Должанская-Капитальная») is a mothballed coal mine in Sverdlovsk (Dovzhansk), Sverdlovsk, Luhansk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Dovzhanska-Kapitalna Coal Mine	Sverdlovsk (Dovzhansk), Sverdlovsk, Luhansk, Ukraine	48.0145201, 39.7236443 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	1983	–

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
–	0.4	2022	Underground	–	–	730.0*	1273.0*

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
84.0	2010	–	–	Anthracite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise	Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise [100.0%]	Russia

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
–	0.9	–	–	–	–	0.4*	0.4*	–	–

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

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Background

The Dovzhanska-Kapitalna Coal Mine (also known by its Russian name, Dolzhanskaya-Kapitalnaya) is an underground anthracite coal mine of anthracite in Luhansk 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 mine used to be owned by DTEK Sverdlovanthracite LLC, a subsidiary of DTEK Energy B.V. In 2020, DTEK Sverdlovantracyte LLC was declared bankrupt and liquidation procedure commenced. The court assigned liquidators who took control over the entities from the Group. As a result the companies were deconsolidated from financial statements of DTEK. The mine was seized by pro-Russian separatists in 2017.

The mine is now under Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic.

In October 2022, a new longwall was commissioned with reserves of 0.85 Mt. Estimated production from the new longwall was said to be 1000-1200 tonnes of coal per day (about 0.4-0.45 Mt per year). The mine was said to become the locomotive of the republic's economy.

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 Dovzhanska-Kapitalna coal mine with a view to increase coal production. On this basis it appeared that the mine is operating, although there were severe problems with staff. More than 400 employees of the mine were forcefully mobilized and retirees made to work at the mine.

In December 2024, it was reported that the coal mines of the Luhansk region extracted over 1 million tonnes of coal since April 2024, including 0.566 million tonnes of anthracite coal.

In 2025, Russian-installed authorities reported increased coal production in the occupied Luhansk region, including at anthracite mines such as Dovzhanska-Kapitalna. Independent reporting indicated continued structural challenges, including workforce shortages and limited investment, while coal from occupied territories was exported via Russia, complicating verification of mine-level production.

In January 2026, it was reported that the Dovzhanska-Kapitalna Coal Mine, Kharkovskaya Coal Mine and Sverdlova Coal Mine all located in Luhansk Region had been scheduled for closure due to unprofitability. In March 2026, additional reporting confirmed that the mine had been officially stopped and placed under conservation, with only dewatering operations maintained.

In March 2026, it was reported that workers at the Dovzhanska-Kapitalna coal mine had not been paid wages since December 2025, amid broader wage arrears across coal enterprises in occupied territories.

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