Yunyaginsky Coal Mine

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Yunyaginsky Coal Mine (Разрез Юньягинский) is an operating coal mine in Vorkuta, Vorkuta Urban, Komi, Russia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Yunyaginsky Coal Mine	Vorkuta, Vorkuta Urban, Komi, Russia	67.518285, 64.404087 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2000	–

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
0.3	0.2	2022	Surface	Open Pit	–	60.0*	242*

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
2.0	2024	–	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Vorkutaugol JSC [100%]	Russkaya Energiya LLC [100.0%]	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
–	–	–	0.57	0.28	0.24*	0.2*	–

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

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Background

The Yunyaginsky Coal Mine (Разрез Юньягинский) is a surface coal mine in the Komi Republic, Russia.

It is owned and operated by Vorkutaugol.

Vorkutaugol used to be owned by Severstal, but the company was sold in the end of 2021 to Russkaya Energiya, whose majority shareholder is Roman Trotsenko. However Severstal was to remain the key consumer of Vorkutaugol coking coal - the terms of the sale agreement with include a long-term offtake contract guaranteeing Severstal's supply of raw material.

The mine's capacity was reported to be 0.5 million tonnes per year, as per corporate website accessed in 2022. As of 2025, the mine's capacity was stated at 0.3 million tonnes.

No annual production figures were available for 2024 and 2025.

Vorkutaugol

Vorkutaugol is one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia. As of 2021, Vorkutaugol accounted for about 11% of the country's coking coal production. Vorkutaugol operates in the Pechora coal basin. The company consists of four underground mines, one open pit mine and several auxiliary enterprises. Vorkutaugol delivered 8.8 million tonnes of production in 2021. In 2022 Vorkutaugol increased coal production to 9.7 million tonnes. According to a media source from December 2021, it is anticipated that the underground mines of Vorkutaugol will be closed in 2030-2036.

2023 coal production of Vorkutaugol declined by 26% and was 7.2 million tonnes. 1H 2024 production was up by 10% reaching 4.2 million tonnes.

Vorkutaugol posted a net loss of 2.3 billion rubles ($25.3 million) in 2024, compared to a profit of 349 million rubles ($3.8 million) in 2023. The losses were consistent with a broader downturn across the Russian coal sector; in 2024, more than half of Russian coal companies were unprofitable, with industry-wide losses reaching 112.6 billion rubles ($1.24 billion), driven by falling global coking coal prices — down around 40% from early 2024 to a three-year low by September 2024 — as well as rising production costs and heavy logistics expenses.

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