Bilytska coal mine
Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine · built 1959
The Bilytska coal mine was a large coal mine located in the south-east of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast. Bilytska represented one of the largest coal reserve in Ukraine, having estimated reserves of 68.2 million tonnes of coal. The annual coal production was around 427,000 tonnes. The mine was released to Rinat Akhmetov's DTEK Dobropolyeugol between 2010 and 2020, but was frozen starting in 2014 citing geological complications and never resumed full operation. Following its return to state ownership in 2020, the Ukrainian government formally approved its liquidation on 21 February 2025 after years of unprofability. The mine was subsequently destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the Dobropillia offensive.
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