Yalevsky Coal Mine

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Yalevsky Coal Mine (шахта Ялевского, Котинская) is an operating coal mine in Kemerovo, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yalevsky Coal Mine Kemerovo, Russia 54.221147, 86.957648 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating – 2000[1] –

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
– 6.6[2] 2022[2] Underground Longwall – 448* 1420[3][4]

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
350[5] 2025[5] – Kuznetsk Bituminous[1] Thermal –

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
SUEK-Kuzbass JSC [100.0%][3][4] Siberian Coal Energy Company JSC 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 8.3[6][7] 8[8] 9*[9] 8.65* 8.3[10] 6.6*[2] – – –

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

Yalevsky coal mine (шахта Ялевского) is an underground coal mine in Kemerovo Oblast, Russia.

The Yalevsky coal mine is a combination of two mines which were joint in 2016, the Kotinskaya mine and the Yalevsky mine (former No. 7 mine). [11]

The construction of the Kotinskaya mine began in 1994, construction was then frozen until 2001 and the mine was commissioned in 2004.[11] No. 7 coal mine was commissioned in 2000 with capacity of 2.8 million tonnes of coal per year.[12] In 2005 the No. 7 mine became part of SUEK.[12] In November 2014 mine No. 7 was renamed after V. D. Yalevsky.[12]

As of 2017, produced coal was mostly exported to European and Asian markets.[13]

In 2013 a methane flare in a conveyor drift killed 8 miners and halted production for almost 12 months.[14]

SUEK invested 10 billion roubles (more than $145 million) in the Yalevsky mine between 2013 and 2018.[15] SUEK's 2021 annual report mentioned the Yalevsky mine as a high-potential mining asset that they will develop further.[16]

In the first half of 2022, production at the Yalevsky coal mine reduced significantly compared to the same period last year, by 1.8 million tonnes to 3.3 million tonnes.[17] This suggests that 6m 2021 production was 5.1 million tonnes.[18] No annual production figure was available for 2022.

In 2022, the mine has been developing a large-scale longwall launched in the end of 2019, as well a preparing a new longwall N52-15 with reserves of 10 million tonnes.[17]

In May 2023, a new longwall was launched at the mine with reserves of 6.9Mt and another longwall was in the process of commissioning.[19]

In 2024, longwall No. 52-15 alone produced nearly 2.6 million tonnes[20][21]; total mine production figures for 2023-2025 were not available.

Methane Plumes Detected Nearby

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Table M1: Plume details

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Observation date Satellite data provider Location of plume origin Methane emissions rate Additional plume information
2025-03-09T05:53:29+00 CarbonMapper, tan20250309t055329c00s4001-A 54.22383, 86.96112[22] 646.8875 kg/hr[22] Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-03-09, 2
2025-03-09T05:53:29+00 CarbonMapper, tan20250309t055329c00s4001-H 54.21306, 86.94049[22] 388.9062 kg/hr[22] Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-03-09, 3
2025-06-27T05:54:35+00 CarbonMapper, tan20250627t055435c12s4001-F 54.22353, 86.96135[22] –[22] Kemerovskaja Administrative Region Methane Observation 2025-06-27, 2

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://burondt.ru/NDT/NDTDocsFileDownload.php?UrlId=2977. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240217201223/https://www.argusmedia.com/-/media/Files/sample-reports/argus-russian-generation-fuels-and-power.ashx?la=en&hash=E22E871C09A8BA27A5381D74818CA652DC6CB2AF. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://www.suek.com/our-business/operations/?region=kemerovskaya_oblast. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "120" (PDF). suek.com. 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-01-25. Retrieved 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://kuzbass.media/2025/11/30/123059.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://neftegaz.ru/news/coal/198819-na-shakhte-im-v-yalevskogo-ustanovlen-mirovoy-rekord-dobychi-uglya/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ https://mediakuzbass.ru/news/ekonomika/92313.html#/news-text. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. ↑ https://www.in-power.ru/news/ugol/20923-shahta-imeni-v-d-jalevskogo-ao-suek-kuzbass-dobyla-vosem-millionov-tonn-uglja.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211130233518/https://www.suekag.com/coal-mines/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ↑ https://suek.ru/media/news/brigada-evgeniya-kosmina-na-shakhte-suek-dobyla-chetyre-milliona-tonn-uglya/?sphrase_id=245823. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Russian Wikipedia, "Шахта «Котинская»," Russian Wikipedia, accessed 18 February 2020.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Russian Wikipedia, "Шахта имени В. Д. Ялевского," Russian Wikipedia, accessed 18 February 2020.
  13. ↑ "Как работает самая мощная шахта России: фоторепортаж". ridus.ru. July 19, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ↑ AME, "Yalevskogo," AME, July 2018.
  15. ↑ Coal Age, "SUEK Sets Longwall Record at Yalevsky Mine," Coal Age, 13 September 2018.
  16. ↑ SUEK. "Annual Report 2021". Retrieved September 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "СУЭК удерживает добычу за счет бурого угля". argusmedia.com. July 27, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ↑ "НА ШАХТЕ ИМЕНИ ЯЛЕВСКОГО В КУЗБАССЕ ДОБЫЛИ 5 МИЛЛИОНОВ ТОНН УГЛЯ". 1lineinfo.ru. June 30, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  19. ↑ "На шахте СУЭК в Кузбассе начали добычу на новой лаве Источник:". /catalogmineralov.ru. May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ "Бригада Андрея Ступникова первой в «СУЭК-Кузбасс» добыла миллион тонн угля". rg.ru. April 3, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  21. ↑ "Ещё одна бригада СУЭК-Кузбасс добыла два миллиона тонн угля с начала года". kuzbass.media. November 30, 2025. Retrieved February 27, 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 url=https://data.carbonmapper.org/