Pokrovs'ke coal mine
{{Short description|Coal mine in Donetsk, Ukraine}}
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| place = Pokrovsk
| subdivision_type = Oblast
| state/province = Donetsk Oblast
| country = Ukraine
| owner = Shakhtoupravlenye Pokrovske (Pokrovske Coal Company, private joint-stock company)
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| amount = 3,490,000
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The Pokrovs'ke coal mine is a large coal mine located in the south-east of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast. Pokrovs'ke coal mine represents one of the largest coal reserves in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 79.5 million tonnes.{{cite web |url=http://www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/ukraine_handbook.pdf |title=Coal mine methane in Ukraine |date=January 2001 |publisher=epa.gov |accessdate=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408220448/http://www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/ukraine_handbook.pdf |archivedate=2011-04-08 }} The annual coal production is around 3.49 million tonnes.
It is owned by private joint-stock company Shakhtoupravlenye Pokrovske (Pokrovske Coal Company).
On December 12, 2024 the holding company of the mine, Metinvest B.V., announced that the mine's production site in Pishchane (Shaft No. 3, 6 miles south east of the main coal mine), that provided around half of Metinvest’s total Ukrainian coal extraction volumes, suspended operation due to Russia's military Pokrovsk offensive.{{cite web |url=https://direct.euronext.com/api/PublicAnnouncements/RISDocument/ANN139591.pdf?id=35daa349-e8fd-40b6-ae6c-0614c13363ab |title=UPDATE ON UKRAINIAN СOAL OPERATIONS |date=December 12, 2024 |publisher=euronext.com |accessdate=January 5, 2025}}
On January 14, 2025 Metinvest announced that the Pokrovs'ke coal mine suspended operation due to the deteriorating security situation for employees.{{cite web |url=https://metinvestholding.com/en/media/news/metnvest-prizupinya-robotu-pokrovsjko-vugljno-grupi-cherez-pogrshennya-bezpekovo-situac-dlya-spvrobtnikv |title=Metinvest suspends operations at Pokrovske Coal due to the deteriorating security situation for employees |date=January 14, 2025 |publisher=metinvestholding.com |accessdate=January 15, 2025}} According to the New York Times, "the mine’s closure is expected to send shock waves through the economy. Steel production is projected to drop by more than half, from 7.5 million tons this year to less than 3 million next year, according to Oleksandr Kalenkov, head of Ukraine’s steel makers’ association."{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/world/europe/ukraine-russia-coal-mine.html |title=Inside Ukraine’s Last Stand at a Vital Coal Mine |date=January 15, 2025 |publisher=nytimes.com |author=Constant Méheut and Daria Mitiuk |accessdate=January 15, 2025}}
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Category:Coal mines in Ukraine
Category:Economy of Donetsk Oblast
Category:Coal mines in the Soviet Union
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