Komsomolskaya Coal Mine

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Komsomolskaya Coal Mine (шахта Комсомольская) is an operating coal mine in Komsomolsky, Vorkuta Urban, Komi, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Komsomolskaya Coal Mine	Komsomolsky, Vorkuta Urban, Komi, Russia	67.549772, 63.806705 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1976	–

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
2.4	1.77	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	1100	711.9285228*

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
34	2023	–	–	Bituminous	Met	Steel Plant

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Vorkutaugol JSC [100.0%]	Russkaya Energiya LLC	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	–	2.1	2.22	1.66	2.07*	1.77*	–	–	–

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 Komsomolskaya Coal Mine (шахта Комсомольская) is an operating underground coal mine in the Komi Republic, Russia. It is owned and operated by Vorkutaugol JSC.

Vorkutaugol used to be owned by Severstal, but the company was sold in late 2021 to Russkaya Energiya, whose majority shareholder is Roman Trotsenko. However Severstal was to remain the key consumer of Vorkutaugol coking coal - the terms of the sale agreement include a long-term offtake contract guaranteeing Severstal's supply of raw material.

Komsomolskaya coal mine is the deepest underground mine in Russia operating at a depth up to 1.1km.

Incidents and Safety

In June 2007, 11 miners were killed in a methane explosion at the mine. The mine's operations were subsequently suspended several times due to high levels of methane. In September 2023 the State Technical Supervisory Board (Rostechnadzor) suspended operations at all Vorkutaugol mines. According to the agency, at the Komsomolskaya mine, belt conveyors in one of the mine workings are operated with violations of industrial safety requirements.

In March 2025, operations at the Komsomolskaya coal mine in Vorkuta were temporarily suspended after a carbon monoxide sensor registered elevated CO levels at longwall 421 of the Fourth seam; 88 workers were evacuated and no injuries were reported.

In June 2025, operations at the Komsomolskaya coal mine in Vorkuta were temporarily disrupted after a main ventilation fan stopped; 115 workers were evacuated, and the mine later resumed normal operations the same day.

Fatal Accident and Prolonged Auspension (September 2025)

On September 17, 2025, a pulp breakthrough occurred in the skip shaft during technical works, resulting in the death of one miner. Four workers were evacuated without injury, while the fifth was found deceased two days later. Coal extraction was suspended following the incident. As of late September 2025, water pumping and cleanup operations were ongoing, and production had not resumed. One month after the accident, the mine remained idle while investigative authorities continued to examine the circumstances of the incident. As of February 2026, there was no publicly available information confirming whether coal extraction at the mine had resumed following the September 2025 accident.

Expansion Project

In 2022, the mine had an expansion plan by tapping into reserves which were previously not accessible. The project was approved by Glavgosekpertiza in spring 2022. The project documentation provided for the second stage of construction of the industrial site of the Komsomolskaya mine due to additional exploration of the lower horizon and specification of hard coal reserves as of 1 January 2020. The mine's design capacity is up to 2.4 million tonnes per year.

As of March 2025, intensive construction work was underway at ventilation shaft No. 4 of the Komsomolskaya mine. The commissioning of this facility is of great importance for the future operation as it will ensure effective ventilation and will allow the planned loads to be reached in the working faces of block 24-s, which unites the unmined fields of the Severnaya Coal Mine. The active stage of work started six years ago and was completed in 2022. At the same time, they began construction of the surface complex, which includes the main ventilation fan building, the shaft headframe building, two hoisting machine buildings, and a fire pumping station. The construction of the reinforced concrete structure has been completed, and the metal frame of the main ventilation fan building was being completed. At the first stage of launch, ventilation shaft No. 4 of Komsomolskaya will operate in the air-exhaust well mode. In parallel, the construction of the surface complex will continue.

Vorkutaugol

As of 2021, Vorkutaugol accounted for about 11% of Russia's coking coal production. Vorkutaugol operates in the Pechora coal basin. The company consists of four underground mines, one surface mine and several auxiliary enterprises. Vorkutaugol delivered 8.8 million tonnes of coal 2021, 9.7 million tonnes in 2022 aAccording to a media source from December 2021, it is anticipated that the underground mines of Vorkutaugol will be closed in 2030-2036.

2023 coal production of Vorkutaugol declined by 26% and was 7.2 million tonnes. 1H 2024 production was up by 10% reaching 4.2 million tonnes.

Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M2339.B1	mine boundary	underground	Komsomolskaya mine boundary	reported	2025-11-26 00:00:00
M2339.P1	ventilation system	shaft	Ventilation shaft	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P2	ventilation system	shaft	Ventilation shaft	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P3	ventilation system	vent	Possible ventilation system	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P4	other	slope access or production shaft	Possible production shaft	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P5	ventilation system	shaft	Possible ventilation shaft	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P6	ventilation system	shaft	Ventilation shaft (under construction)	extracted	2025-08-08 00:00:00
M2339.P7	degasification system	combined heat and power plant	Boiler plant	extracted	2017-07-15 00:00:00
M2339.P8	ventilation system	shaft	Decommissioned ventilation shaft	extracted	2002-06-22 00:00:00
M2339.P9	ventilation system	shaft	Decommissioned ventilation shaft	extracted	2002-06-22 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Dec 05, 2025

ID	Notes
M2339.B1	This mine operates under two adjacent subsoil land-use licenses СЫК02561ТЭ and СЫК02559ТЭ, as identified through the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (Единый государственный реестр юридических лиц, ЕГРЮЛ), using the company’s INN (Taxpayer Identification Number, ИНН), page 19, https://web.archive.org/details/ul-1021100807452-20251125171514,Nov 26 2025. The boundary is the outer perimeter of these two licenses. Both licenses were issued on July 20, 2015, and are valid until December 31, 2032. The boundary for license СЫК02561ТЭ was extracted from the NedraExpert portal at https://web.archive.org/web/20251201141249/https://www.nedraexpert.ru/license/145236?ysclid=min89dd0ax753783310. The boundary for license СЫК02559ТЭ was extracted from the NedraExpert portal at https://web.archive.org/web/20251201143641/https://www.nedraexpert.ru/license/143548?ysclid=min8dax2dy165932540. The approximate area of the resulting boundary is 49 square km.
M2339.P1	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P2	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P3	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P4	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P5	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P6	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M2339.P7	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery. According to AO Vorkutaugol’s 2017 methane utilization project documentation (ОПИСАНИЕ ПРОЕКТА «УТИЛИЗАЦИЯ ДЕГАЗАЦИОННОГО МЕТАНА НА ОБЪЕКТАХ АО «ВОРКУТАУГОЛЬ»), boiler houses at the Komsomolskaya Coal Mine are partially fueled by degasification methane, https://www.archive.org/details/opisanie-proekta-utilizatciia-metana-ao-vorkutaugol
M2339.P8	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.The structures are clearly visible in the June 22, 2002 imagery and fully removed by June 6, 2005, indicating that the object was demolished and subsequently decommissioned during this period.
M2339.P9	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.The structures are clearly visible in the June 22, 2002 imagery and remain present in the June 6, 2005 and June 26, 2010 imagery. By June 23, 2011, the structures have been removed, and by July 29, 2013 the site is fully cleared, indicating that the object was demolished and subsequently decommissioned between June 26, 2010 and June 23, 2011.

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
Komsomolskaya Mine Boiler Fuel Project - Russia	utilization	Operational	2004

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