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Zhovtnevyi Rudnyk coal mine

Donetsk, Ukraine

The Zhovtnevyi Rudnyk coal mine (« ») is a large coal mine located in the southeast of Ukraine in Donetsk Oblast. Zhovtnevyi Rudnyk represents one of the largest coal reserves in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 97.5 million tonnes. The annual coal production is around 805,000 tonnes. The mine was originally built in 1974, and by 2012 was actively mining at two seams as a subsidiary of the Donetsk Coal Energy Company (DUEK). In 2014, during the War in the Donbas, it was reported by the Ukrainian administration that the mine had been completely flooded during the fighting and that there were no plans for restoration.

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