Metinvest Pokrovskugillia is preparing to launch a longwall with 2 million tons of coal reserves

Pokrovsk Coal Group, a part of Metinvest Group, is preparing to launch a new longwall with reserves of almost 2 million tons of coal. This is stated in the press release of Metinvest Pokrovskugillia.

Longwall 1 of the southern panel of block 10 has a 3 km long face, 284 m in length and a seam thickness of almost 2 m. Its preparation is now in the final stages. The longwall is being removed from the assembly runway.

In preparing the longwall, the KNF-160 frontal cutter was used for the first time. Initially, it was planned to cut 1.5 meters per day, but later, having assessed the strength, we were able to reach 6 meters. As a result, the project was completed 1.5 months ahead of schedule.

“A new longwall is always a major event in the life of an enterprise. Anyone who works for big coal knows this. Firstly, it is a job for all production teams, and secondly, it is a strong economic support for the country,” the company said.

In March 2024, Metinvest Pokrovskugillia commissioned the 11th longwall for coking coal production in the 10th block of Pokrovsk Mining Group. Despite the difficult mining and geological conditions, the 11th longwall, 242 meters long, is one of the most promising areas of work. Its reserves amount to 993 thousand tons of coal. The miners plan to produce up to 2.5 thousand tons of coal per day from this face. It is expected that the longwall reserves will take more than a year to be developed.

As GMK Center reported earlier, Metinvest Pokrovskugillia produced 3.1 million tons of coal concentrate in 2023 and sank 20 km of mine workings.