Komsomolets Coal Mine

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Komsomolets Coal Mine (шахта Комсомолец) is an operating coal mine in Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Komsomolets Coal Mine	Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Leninsk-Kuznetsky Urban, Kemerovo, Russia	54.64103071, 86.20165903 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1933	–

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	2	2024	Underground	Longwall	–	448*	940.1716142*

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
120	2021	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal & Met	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
SUEK-Kuzbass JSC [100.0%]	Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC	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
Saleable	–	2.5*	3.05	2.73*	2.4*	1.2*	3*	2	–

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

Komsomolets Coal Mine (шахта Комсомолец) is an underground mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia. The Komsomolets coal mine is owned and operated by SUEK Kuzbass JSC, a subsidiary of Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK). in August 2023 the mine reached 90 years of its operating life. The peculiarity of the Komsomolets mine is that it is the only mine of SUEK that uses skip lifting. This method of coal transportation requires particularly well-coordinated work of all sections and services.

As of 2019, annual production of the Komsomolets mine was 2.5 Mt, about 1.5 MT of which was exported. Komsomolets mine has its own washing plant with annual capacity of 2.5 Mt per annum. In 2019 the mine produced a record 3.05 Mt, which was the best result in its 86-year history. In the first 6 months of 2022, the mine produced 580 thousand tonnes of coal, which was 640 thousand tonnes less than in the same period in 2021. Full 2022 production level was not available. As of April 2023, the mine produced 1 million tonnes since the beginning of the year.

SUEK reported in its 2021 annual report that Komsomolets mine and Kirova Coal Mine are equipped with recovery systems that capture methane gas and use it to generate heat and electricity.

The Federal Technical Supervisory Authority (Rostechnadzor) suspended the mine's operations several times in 2022 due to technical safety violations.

A new longwall was comissioned at the mine in March 2024, with expected monthly output of 0.24 million tonnes and reserves of 2.3 million tonnes.

In December 2024, SUEK-Kuzbass reported that the Komsomolets coal mine had produced 2 million tonnes of coal since the beginning of the year, with mining carried out at longwall 18-50 of the Tolmachevsky seam.

In May 2025, it was reported that the Komsomolets coal mine had produced 1 million tonnes of coal since the beginning of the year.

In 2025, coal production in Kemerovo Oblast totaled 190.7 million tonnes, representing a 3.9% decrease compared to 198.4 million tonnes in 2024.

Associated Coal Mine Methane Mitigation Projects

Some coal mines have installed infrastructure which can use and/or destroy some methane emissions associated with mining. In 2024, the Global Methane Initiative reported that this mine had a mitigation project associated with it. This methodology page describes how GEM classified these projects and linked them with coal mines in the Global Coal Mine Tracker.

Table MM1: Methane mitigation projects

Mitigation Project Name	Project Type	GMI Reported Status	GMI Reported Start Year
Komsomolets Mine Boiler Fuel Project - Russia	utilization	In Development	–
Komsomolets Mine Flare - Russia	Flaring	Operational	2012
Komsomolets Mine Power Generation Project - Russia	utilization	In Development	–

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