Novodonetskaya Coal Mine

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Novodonetskaya Coal Mine (Новодонецкая) is an operating coal mine in Bilozers'ke, Dobropillia, Donetsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Novodonetskaya Coal Mine	Bilozers'ke, Dobropillia, Donetsk, Ukraine	48.5589919, 37.003202 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1968	–

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
–	0.29	2025	Underground	–	–	730.0*	934.0*

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
78.0	–	–	–	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok	Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok [100.0%]	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
–	–	–	0.97	–	0.21*	–	0.06*	–	0.29

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

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Background

The Novodonetskaya Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The Novodonetskaya coal mine is an underground coal mine.

The mine used to be part of DTEK Dobropolyeugol, a subsidiary of DTEK Energy. In 2020 DTEK decided to interrupt the lease agreement and in early 2021 returned the company to the state. Subsequently the mine transitioned under the ownership of State enterprise Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok.

DTEK Dobropolyeugol included 5 mines: Novodenetskaya, Almaznaya Coal Mine, Belitskaya Coal Mine, Dobropilska Coal Mine and the smaller Pioner coal mine. In 2017, DTEK Dobropolyeugol jointly produced 2.128 Mt of coal. In 2020, it was 2.343 Mt.

According to the Institute for War and Peace Reporting, most Donbas region mines were seized by Russians and pro-Russian rebels in late 2014 and many have endured electricity shortages and flooding ever since. The output of the Donbas mines is no longer transparent, and many are likely non-operational and on hiatus.

The Novodonetskaya coal mine was assumed mothballed, however as per sources from 2023 it appeared to be operating. The company's undated website referred to the mine as operational. In August 2023, the company reported that the annual plan of the Novodonetskaya coal mine was completed ahead of schedule, despite all the difficulties caused by the military actions. In September 2023, a training alarm was conducted at the mine, suggesting too that the mine was operational.

In October 2023, Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok reported that the company completed the annual mining plan ahead of schedule, producing 0.64 million tonnes of coal. This is joint production of 3 mines of the company that appear to be operating - Novodonetskaya, Almaznaya Coal Mine and Dobropilska Coal Mine.

In February 2024, a state commission accepted a new longwall into operation at the Novodonetskaya mine. The longwall, located at seam k8 at a depth of approximately 800 tonnes of run-of-mine coal per day planned output, held reserves of around 540 thousand tonnes and was planned to be mined through 2024–2025.

In March 2025, the company reported that the Dobropilska produced 18.5 thousand tonnes in the month of March 2025. (annual equivalent about 0.22 million tonnes).

In August 2025, the mine's operator announced a procurement tender for equipment repairs worth 3.36 million hryvnias (approximately $81,000), to be completed by the end of 2025. The mine's facilities in the village of Kurytsyne were located less than 15 kilometres from the front line. On August 10, 2025, Russian shelling cut power to the mine, leaving more than 140 miners underground; all were brought safely to the surface.

By December 2025, Novodonetskaya was reported to be the only operating coal mine in the Ukrainian-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast, producing approximately 800 tonnes of run-of-mine coal per day (approximately 0.26–0.29 Mt per year), while the two other mines of the Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok enterprise (Dobropilska Coal Mine and Almaznaya Coal Mine) had by then been flooded. Operations were described as severely disrupted: Russian shelling caused repeated power outages, during which as many as 150–160 miners could be trapped underground simultaneously while emergency measures were taken to evacuate them to the surface.

In early March 2026, Ukraine's Ministry of Energy initiated the transfer of the state enterprise Dobropillyavugillya-vydobutok, which includes the Novodonetskaya mine, to the State Property Fund for privatization.

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