V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine

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V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine (В. В. Вахрушева) is a mothballed coal mine in Yasenivskyi, Antratsyt, Luhansk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine	Yasenivskyi, Antratsyt, Luhansk, Ukraine	48.1586361, 39.1848963 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	1954	–

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
0.9	0.44	2022	Underground	Longwall	–	1000	1301.369556699123*

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
32	–	–	–	Anthracite	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise [100.0%]	Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Luhansk People's Republic	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
–	–	–	–	–	–	0.44*	–	–	–

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

The V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine is an underground coal mine in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. It used to be owned and operated by DTEK Rovenky Anthracite LLC. With the seizing of the mine by pro-Russian separatists in 2017, the mine eventually came under the control of Republic Fuel Company Vostokugol State Enterprise, owned by the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of the unrecognized Luhansk People's Republic.

In September 2022, the mine launched a new longwall with reserves of 0.5 Mt of anthracite coal. Expected daily production from the new longwall was 1,200 tonnes of coal per day. (that's about 0.44 Mt per year).

As of August 2023, the mine was operational although it was experiencing shortage of staff. With men sent to war, even women work underground at the mine. The source also mentions that the current production is lower than in the past due to the military activity.

In February 2024, a coal trading company "Donskiye Ugli" signed an agreement with the government of the Lugansk People's Republic on the lease of five mines including the Vakhrushev coal mine with a view to increase coal production. On this basis it appeared that the mine is operating, although there are severe problems with staff.

In February 2024, the mine was formally leased to Russian company Donskiye Ugli, which had signed an agreement with the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) occupation authorities to take over five LNR mines with the aim of increasing coal production.

By April 2025, however, Donskiye Ugli announced that it would return seven of its ten leased LNR mines to the occupation authorities for liquidation, citing unprofitability at current world coal prices and high operating costs. The Vakhrushev mine was among the seven returned.

No evidence of resumed coal production at the mine has been identified following its return to the occupation authorities. The V. V. Vakhrushev Coal Mine was classified as mothballed as of April 2026.

Coal Mines in Luhansk region

At the end of October 2022, the six operating coal mines of Vostokugol State Enterprise extracted 3 million tonnes of coal. This was considerably less than 6 million tonnes in 2021. In 2023, coal production reached only 1.8 million tonnes.

It appeared that coal production in 2024 was even lower as production over 9 months from April to December reached just over 1 million tonnes.

In February 2024, Donskiye Ugli leased five LNR mines including the Vakhrushev mine, planning to reach 1.4 million tonnes of output across all leased mines in 2024 and increase to 10.5 million tonnes annually by 2029. However, actual production across all Donskiye Ugli mines in 2024 reached only approximately 796,000 tonnes — far below the planned 1.4 million tonnes — while the company recorded a net loss of 6.7 billion rubles (approximately $73 million) for the year.

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