Heroes of Space Coal Mine

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Heroes of Space Coal Mine (Шахта Героїв Космосу) is an operating coal mine in Verbky, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Heroes of Space Coal Mine	Verbky, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	48.5954636, 35.9563957 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1978	–

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
–	3.1	2017	Underground	–	–	730*	1771.279293*

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

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
DTEK Pavlogradugol PJSC [100.0%]	DTEK Energy BV	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
ROM	3.1	–	–	–	3.1*	–	–	–	–

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 Heroes of Space Coal Mine (Heroyiv Kosmosu in Ukrainian) is an underground coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

It is operated by DTEK Pavlogradugol, a subsidiary of DTEK Group, which is owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov.

In 2020 and 2021, the coal mines of Pavlodgradugol produced a total of 6 million tonnes of coal.

Two methane explosions occurred at the mine in 2019 and 2020. In 2019, three miners were severely injured.

Pavlograd is considered the center of Western Donbass and coal mines are located around the city. Located 80km from the Donetsk region, the city periodically suffers from Russian shelling. Due to the Russian invasion, many people left Pavlograd, including mine workers, and about 3,600 miners were mobilized into the Defense Forces. Coal enterprises faced a personnel crisis and now many women are employed in the mines in Pavlograd.

As of January 2024, the mine appeared to be operating.

As of June 2024, most of the mines were planned to be shut down, but Heroes of Space and two other mines would continue operating. As of early 2025, the mine appeared to be operating.

The mine continued operating through 2025. A state labour inspection visit to accept a new dismantling chamber into service confirmed ongoing underground operations during that year. DTEK invested approximately 3 billion hryvnias (approximately $73 million) in coal production across its mines in the first half of 2025, commissioning seven new longwalls company-wide, and a total of 6.7 billion (about $160–165 million) hryvnias over the full year.

As of March 2026, the mine was operational: on 10 March 2026, Ukraine's Minister of Veterans' Affairs visited the mine as part of a trip to Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, meeting with veterans employed there and reviewing inclusive workplace facilities implemented at the site.

Methane Plumes Detected Nearby

Global Energy Monitor researchers analyze satellite-detected methane plumes in order to determine whether they have been observed at or near the site of GEM energy assets. The satellite data provider creates imagery of individual methane plumes and estimates their emission rates at the time of observation. GEM has reviewed many of these plume detections against Google Earth imagery and GEM’s own energy infrastructure tracker data. The following table lists methane plumes which are associated with the energy asset or facility based on distance and manual review. (A full description of the analysis process is available in the Global Methane Emitters Tracker methodology wiki page.)

Table M1: Plume details

For additional details on this individual plume identification and others, see the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Observation date	Satellite data provider	Location of plume origin	Methane emissions rate	Additional plume information
2025-02-18T09:12:24+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250218t091224c00s4001-A	48.59647, 35.95371	400.6024 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-02-18, 1
2025-02-18T09:12:24+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250218t091224c00s4001-C	48.59452, 35.95682	79.03537 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-02-18, 2
2025-04-20T09:06:15+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250420t090615c00s4001-A	48.59501, 35.95633	1875.43 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-04-20, 1
2025-04-22T09:20:22+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250422t092022c00s4001-C	48.59518, 35.95635	1442.291 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-04-22, 2

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