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The companies Rodina and Donskie Ugli which leased mines in the Lugansk Peoples Republic LPR have mined more than 350 thousand tons of coal since the beginning of the year and plan to increase production to 11 million tons per year by 2028 This was reported to journalists by the Minister of Fuel Energy and Coal Industry of the LPR Denis Yarosh.
The first lease agreements for the property of a number of coal enterprises and auxiliary production facilities in the LPR were signed in 2024 with JSC Industrial Group Rodina and LLC Trading House Donskie Ugli In total 69 mines and factories operate in the republic In 2023 18 million tons of coal were mined in the LPR.
To date three enterprises have been transferred to Rodina the Belorecheskaya mine the Belorechenskaya factory and the Krasnodon loading transport enterprise This was implemented this year since April the investor Rodina began work taking on almost all employees Donskiye Ugli signed a lease agreement in February and signed a second agreement in June taking over 10 mines and 11 production enterprises Rodina has already issued 50 thousand Donskiye Ugli about 300 thousand The investors declare a total production volume of at least 11 million tons per year by 2028 said Denis Yarosh He specified that the investors took over a complex of enterprises thus forming a wellcoordinated production chain of coal products According to data in the next three years they plan significant investments in the development of production.
To date we know about the investment of about 700 million rubles by the investor Rodina and the investments are going according to plan In the next three years the volume of investments will increase Rodina has more than 3 billion rubles Donskiye Ugli is reporting 475 billion rubles the head of the ministry noted.
The minister also reported that the private companies retained the employees of the transferred enterprises 11 thousand people and also increased salaries by 5565 at one of the investors the average salary in general is about 57 thousand rubles for workers in basic professions 88100 thousand rubles There are hundreds of new vacancies at the enterprises According to Yarosh the companies pay workers on time provide them with work and protective equipment and are also developing an additional motivation plan based on the principle we work more we mine more we earn more The issue of renting premises for organizing pioneer camps or weekend recreation centers is also being worked out.
The head of the ministry added that the implementation of the concept for reforming the LPR coal industry which provides for the transfer of a number of state coal enterprises in the region to the management of private investors is 95 complete We have to complete the third stage small remnants of enterprises mainly transport enterprises We need to finalize the transfer obtain a number of permits and approvals added Denis Yarosh.
