West Donbass Coal Mine

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West Donbass Coal Mine (шахтa Західно-Донбаська) is an operating coal mine in Ternivka, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
West Donbass Coal Mine	Ternivka, Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	48.5353716, 36.0927552 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1979	–

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
–	2.4	2017	Underground	–	–	730	1850.377432*

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
154	2017	–	–	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
DTEK Pavlogradugol PJSC [100.0%]	DTEK Energy BV	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
Saleable	2.4	–	–	–	2.4*	–	–	–	–

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 West Donbass Coal Mine (Zakhidno-Donbasʹka in Ukrainian, or Zapadno-Donbasskaya in Russian) is an operating underground coal mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. The West Donbass coal mine is an underground coal mine. It is operated by DTEK Pavlogradugol, a subsidiary of DTEK Group, which is owned by Ukrainian billionaire Rinat Akhmetov.

In 2020 and 2021, the coal mines of DTEK Pavlodgradugol produced 16 million tonnes of coal.

Pavlograd is considered the center of Western Donbass and coal mines are located around the city. Located 80km from the Donetsk region, the city periodically suffers from Russian shelling. Due to the Russian invasion, many people left Pavlograd, including mine workers, and about 3,600 miners were mobilized into the Defense Forces. Coal enterprises faced a personnel crisis and now many women are employed in the mines in Pavlograd.

In March 2023, machine building company Corum Group supplied a cleaning combine for the mine. As of January 2024, the mine appeared to be operating, but no production levels were known.

In June 2024, most of the mines in Western Donbass were planned to close, however the West Donbass coal mines was one of the three that was expected to continue operating.

In July 2024, most of the Western Donbas mines temporarily suspended operations due to a sharp fall in coal demand following Russian destruction of DTEK's thermal power plant generation capacity. By October 2024, DTEK Pavlogradugol mines had resumed operations on a five-day working week, collectively producing approximately 90% of all Ukrainian coal output. According to DTEK's 2021 strategy, the West Donbass mine had coal reserves until 2063, making it one of the most long-term assets in the Pavlogradugol portfolio.

In December 2024, the mine celebrated 45 years since the start of operations, having extracted almost 70 million tonnes of coal. Over the years of operation, the mine has increased its capacity and increased its annual coal production by 5 times.

As of July 2025, the mine was operational, as evidenced by a commemorative memorial corner for fallen workers established at the mine's premises.

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
2025-02-18T09:12:24+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250218t091224c00s4001-B	48.53625, 36.08998	382.55 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-02-18, 3
2025-02-25T09:12:55+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250225t091255c00s4001-A	48.53595, 36.09022	1244.286 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-02-25, 2
2025-04-22T09:20:22+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250422t092022c00s4001-A	48.53588, 36.09125	687.4309 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-04-22, 4
2025-04-29T09:21:07+00	CarbonMapper, tan20250429t092107c00s4001-B	48.53599, 36.09174	1035.276 kg/hr	Dnipropetrovska Region Methane Observation 2025-04-29, 2

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