Lubel Coal Mine

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Lubel Coal Mine is a shelved coal mine in Lyubelya, Lviv, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lubel Coal Mine	Lyubelya, Lviv, Ukraine	50.1899129863567, 23.9445936624067 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Shelved	Permitted	New	2021	–

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
5.2	–	–	Underground	–	3.6	730*	2800

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
–	–	176.5	Lvov-Volyn	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
CCI Lubelia LLC	Lubel Coal Company	Ukraine

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

Lubel Coal Mine is a proposed underground coal mine in Lyubelya, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. The mine project has been developed for many years by a privately owned Lubel Coal Company.

There are potentially up to 5 mine sections. Mine section 1&2 is first phase of the project.

A company presentation from 2020 stated that the Mine 1&2 project was ready for commencement of construction, with 5.2 Mtpa of capacity. The project has been successfully approved by passing an integrated state expertise. China Coal Mine Construction Group Corp. (ССМС) was appointed the general contractor. Hefei Design and Research Institute of Coal Industry (China) was the designing engineer.

It appears that the project has not started construction in 2020 or 2021 before the war on Ukraine started in February 2022. In November 2021, Ukraine committed to phase out coal by 2035-2040. It is possible that this development has affected the project's plans, among other factors. As of March 2023, the project was considered Shelved.

News report September March 2023 referred to the project being pitched to the Polish company Jastrzębska Spółka Węglowa (JSW SA), also called "the Beata project". Investment value was estimated at USD 1.5 billion, but now with capacity of 8 Mtpa. The management board of JSW blocked the proposal to sign a letter of intent to develop the project. According to the source, the project was already pitched to JSW back in 2011.

• Owner: CCI Lubelia
• Parent: Lubel Coal Company Ltd
• Location: Lyubelya, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.
• Coordinates: 50.189912986356745, 23.944593662406778 (approximate)
• Mine status: Shelved
• Start year: 2021
• Production capacity (Mtpa): 5.2
• Total reserves (Mt): 134.5 Mt (2008, JORC Measured and Indicated)
• Coal type: Bituminous (Met)
• Mine type: Underground
• Mine size (Km2): 3.6
• Workforce size:
• Primary consumer:
• Source of financing:

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