Kapitalna Coal Mine

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Kapitalna Coal Mine (Шахта Капітальна) is a mothballed coal mine in Myrnohrad, Donetsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kapitalna Coal Mine	Myrnohrad, Myrnohrad, Donetsk, Ukraine	48.328028, 37.307288 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	1974	–

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
0.6	0.19	2022	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

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
State Enterprise Mirnohradugol [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
–	–	–	0.42*	0.48*	0.4*	0.19*	–	–	–

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 Kapitalna coal mine (formerly Stakhanov Coal Mine) is an underground coal mine in Myrnohrad, Donestk Oblast, Ukraine. The Kapitalna coal mine is an underground coal mine, renamed "Kapitalna" in 2017, prior to which it was called "Stakhanov."

Its initial capacity was said to be 2.4-4 million tons per year.

In 2021, the three coal mines of Myrnohradugol (Kapitalna, Central and Mine 5/6) produced 0.4 million tonnes.

A media source from December 2022 stated that the mine was still producing despite on-going war in the region. For more than 15 years, the mine's production has never reached 1 million tonnes, with current production at 700-800 tonnes (per day). The mine is not profitable but supplies coal to the thermal power stations. Another source from October 2022 referred to monthly production of about 16,000 tonnes (about 0.19 Mt per annum).

The mine continued to operate through 2024 but was subjected to increasingly intense Russian attacks on the city of Myrnohrad. On 5 September 2024, a Russian strike cut power to the mine, trapping 16 miners underground at a depth of 825 metres. Mykhailo Volynets, head of the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, publicly raised alarm about whether workers had food and water and whether they could be lifted to the surface using generator power and counterweights before electricity was restored.

In October 2024, the mine officially suspended its operations due to constant enemy attacks.

By late 2025, active combat had reached the mine site itself, with Russian forces using the Kapitalna mine's surface structures as military positions. By early 2026, Russian forces controlled most of Myrnohrad.

The mine's status remains mothballed as of April 2026. No evidence of resumed production has been identified.

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