Novovolynskaya No 9 Coal Miine
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Novovolynskaya No 9 Coal Miine (Шахта Нововолынская № 9) is a mothballed coal mine in Novovolynsk, Volyn, Ukraine.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Novovolynskaya No 9 Coal Miine | Novovolynsk, Volyn, Ukraine | 50.6664659774286, 24.1783489968726 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[1] | – | 1964[2] | 2025[3] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.01[4] | 2021[4] | Underground | – | – | 730* | 609.9745083941475* |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.03[5][6] | 2024[5][6] | – | – | Bituminous | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Volynvygglia State Enterprise [100.0%] | Ministry of Energy of Ukraine | Ukraine |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.05[2] | – | – | 0[7] | 0.01[7] | – | – | – | – |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Background
Novovolynskaya No 9 Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Volyn Oblast, Ukraine.[8] The mine's initial capacity was 0.45 million tonnes.[9]
In 2015, the Ministry of Energy decided to close the mine.[9] However the mine continued working in 2017 and also reopened in 2018 after a temporary suspension of operations.[9][10]
As per media source dated November 2021, the mine was still working, with plans to mine for another 1.5-2 years.[11] Concrete measures to close the mine were only taken in 2021, according to the same source.[11]In June 2021, the mine was without electricity due to unpaid bills and partial flooding of the mine commenced.[12] An incident occurred at the mine in April 2021 where an elevator with people broke off, nine miners were hospitalized with injuries of varying severity.[13]
As of July 2022 and September 2022, the mine appeared to be still operating, based on several video reports.[14][15]
In February 2023, liquidation of the mine was postponed by a year as the mine still had coal reserves of more than 30 thousand tonnes. However the mine was being prepared for liquidation and a project "Fair transformation of the mine" was developed. 404 people worked at the mine, down from 600 in 2021.[16]
A special permit for the subsoil use of the mine's reserves for 20 years was put up for an on-line auction in November 2023.[17][18]
As of August 2024, the mine was still operating.[19]
In October 2025, the Deputy Minister of Energy Svitlana Hrynchuk announced at a cabinet meeting that all documentation for the liquidation of Mine No. 9 had been prepared. The mine was to be transferred to the State Property Fund following completion of an expert assessment. Once transferred, it would either be liquidated or offered at open auction for privatisation; the Ministry stated that if an investor came forward, the mine could continue operations in a new format. Workers were promised employment at neighbouring mines or in other regions.[20]
No production data for the mine have been identified for 2024 or 2025; the mine's reserves were reported at approximately 30,000 tonnes as of early 2023 and no updated figure has been published. Given the mine's longstanding classification as unprofitable, the absence of any confirmed production since August 2024, and the Ministry of Energy's October 2025 announcement that the enterprise was being prepared for transfer to the State Property Fund for liquidation or privatisation, the Novovolynskaya No. 9 Coal Mine was reclassified from mothballed as of April 2026.
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References
- ↑ https://zaxid.net/minenergo_planuye_zachiniti_abo_peredati_na_privatizatsiyu_shahtu_u_novovolinsku_n1622112.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://miningwiki.ru/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0_%C2%AB%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%E2%84%96_9%C2%BB.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://suspilne.media/377489-likvidaciu-vidklali-sahta-no-9-na-volini-pracuvatime-se-rik/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "43" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-02-19.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://mind.ua/news/20267675-specdozvil-na-koristuvannya-nadrami-na-poli-shahti-9-novovolinska-vistavili-na-redukcion-za-3076.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 https://suspilne.media/lutsk/377489-likvidaciu-vidklali-sahta-no-9-na-volini-pracuvatime-se-rik/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20240219020932/https://eiti.org/sites/default/files/2023-02/UA_EITI_Report_2021_UKR_final.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ List of Coal Mines in Ukraine, Wikipedia, accessed July 26, 2022
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Шахта «Нововолынская № 9»". miningwiki.ru. Retrieved January 2024.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|access-date=(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Одна из шахт на Украине прекратила добычу из-за нехватки оборудования". ria.ru/20180103/. January 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 ""Волынь - отражение того, что происходит в государстве": еще одна грустная сага об угле". /antikor.com.ua. November 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Шахта "Нововолынская" полностью обесточена: есть угроза подтопления и экологической катастрофы". www.ostro.org. July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "На угольной шахте в украинском Нововолынске оборвался лифт с людьми". iz.ru. April 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "На Нововолинській шахті №9 хочуть призначити керівника, проти якого відкрита кримінальна справа". /www.youtube.com/w. August 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Спуск у шахту №9 «Нововолинська»". www.youtube.com. September 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Ліквідацію відклали: шахта № 9 на Волині працюватиме ще рік". /suspilne.media. February 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "https://mind.ua/news/20267675-specdozvil-na-koristuvannya-nadrami-na-poli-shahti-9-novovolinska-vistavili-na-redukcion-za-3076". mind.ua. January 2024.
{{cite web}}: External link in|title= - ↑ "ЗА 61 МІЛЬЙОН ПРОДАЮТЬ СПЕЦДОЗВІЛ НА ВИДОБУВАННЯ ВУГІЛЛЯ НА ВОЛИНСЬКІЙ ШАХТІ". www.volynnews.com. November 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Спуск у копальню: чи вдалося новому директору реанімувати шахту «Бужанська»". /bug.org.ua. August 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Міненерго планує закрити або передати на приватизацію шахту у Нovovolynsku". zaxid.net. October 24, 2025. Retrieved Apr 2, 2026.
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