Stepnoy Coal Mine

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Stepnoy Coal Mine (Степной, АО УК Разрез Степной) is an operating coal mine in Solnechnoye, Khakassia, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stepnoy Coal Mine	Solnechnoye, Khakassia, Russia	53.705548, 91.087818 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1993	–

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
3.4	3.4	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	50*	880

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
–	–	–	Chernogorskiy	Subbituminous	Thermal	Terminal (Export)

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Razrez Stepnoy Coal Company JSC [100.0%]	Octo Coal 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	4.2	4.2	4.4	4.4	4.4	3.4*	–	–	–

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

Ownership Tree

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Background

The Stepnoy coal mine (Разрез Степной) is a surface mine in Khakassia Republic, Russia. The Stepnoy coal mine is operated Razrez Stepnoy Coal Company JSC. Until early 2022 it was a subsidiary of Russian Coal, when it was was sold to Octo Coal. The acquisition was partially financed with a bank funding from Uralsib bank. As of September 2022, the coal mine was not listed on Russian Coal website anymore.

Almost all of the coal produced is enriched at the washing plant with capacity of 5.6 million tonnes per year. Produced coal is supplied to the domestic energy companies and is exported to Europe and Asia.

In 2021 the coal mine produced 4.1 million tonnes of coal. Rail transhipments to the domestic consumers exceeded 1.1 million tonnes, largest domestic consumers are Novosibirsk-2 power station, Novosibirsk-4 power station, Apatitskaya CHPP power station and Artyomovskaya power station. Export of coal was above 1.8 million tonnes. Another source suggested production was a bit higher at 4.4 Mt in 2021.

In 2022, the company achieved 80 million tonne production milestone ahead of its 30th anniversary in 2023. In early 2022, the company planned to achieve 4.4 Mt production in 2022, however the actual volume is likely to be lower as it achieved 1.7Mt in 1H 2022. No 2023 coal production figure was available. In 2024, as per Argus Russian coal report from October 2024, coal mines like Mayrykhsky had to reduce exports by 30-56% in 2024.

No production figures for 2023 or 2024 were publicly available. In 2024, revenue fell 9.3% to 10.9 billion rubles (~ US$124 million), with a net loss of 726.9 million rubles (~ US$8.3 million), reflecting the broader crisis in the Russian coal industry.

In early January 2025, the mine extracted its 90-millionth tonne of coal since commencing operations in 1993.

Potential Change of Ownership

In November 2025, media reports indicated that Stepnoy coal mine could potentially change ownership as part of a debt settlement arrangement. The mine’s owner, Okto Ugol LLC, may transfer 100% of the management company of the mine to Uralsib Bank by March 2032 as one option to settle outstanding liabilities amounting to RUB 6.84 billion (approximately $85.5 million). An alternative scenario suggests gradual debt repayment through 2039. As of November, no decision on the transfer of ownership had been publicly confirmed, and the mine continued to operate under its existing ownership structure.

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
2025-06-04T05:37:13+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250604t053713c76s4001-A	53.70825, 91.09134	352.6702 kg/hr	Hakasija Republic Methane Observation 2025-06-04, 1

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