Kuprinsky Coal Mine

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Kuprinsky Coal Mine (Купринский Разрез) is a cancelled coal mine in Kotino, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Kuprinsky Coal Mine	Kotino, Prokopyevsky, Kemerovo, Russia	54.244767, 86.876621 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Cancelled	–	New	–	–

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
1.2	–	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	60*	–

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
–	–	–	Krasnoyarka	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Holding Company SDS Ugol JSC [100.0%]	Holding Company Siberian Business Union CJSC	Russia

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

Kuprinsky coal mine (Купринский Разрез) is a surface mine project in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

The Kuprinsky coal mine project was developed by SDS Ugol, but the company developing the mine appears to have gone bankrupt in 2012 while construction was not finished.

As of 2022, it was not mentioned on the company's website or in any other relevant sources so it appears to have been cancelled. No further news as of February 2026.

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
2025-02-07T05:38:53+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250207t053853c00s4001-A	54.22947, 86.89403	3568.522 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-02-07, 1
2025-02-07T05:38:53+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250207t053853c00s4001-B	54.23002, 86.89597	–	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-02-07, 2
2025-04-13T05:58:17+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250413t055817c00s4001-D	54.23332, 86.90004	329.1898 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-04-13, 1
2025-05-25T06:04:01+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250525t060401c92s4001-E	54.22666, 86.89665	419.4323 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-05-25, 1
2025-05-25T06:04:01+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250525t060401c92s4001-F	54.23326, 86.89996	512.1741 kg/hr	Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-05-25, 2

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