Hirske coal mine | |
Place: | Hirske |
Subdivision Type: | Oblast |
State/Province: | Luhansk |
Country: | Ukraine |
Products: | Coal |
Amount: | 320,000 |
Opening Year: | 1957 |
The Hirske coal mine (Ukrainian: Шахта «Гірська») is a large coal mine located in the south-east of Ukraine in Hirske, Luhansk Oblast. Hirske represents one of the largest coal reserves in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 46.5 million tonnes.[1] The annual coal production is around 320,000 tonnes.
In 1980, 66 miners and two rescue workers died in an accident at the Hirske mine.[2]