Investor “Don anthracite” intends to restore production

JSC PKK, which bought out the debt obligations of the coal enterprises Obukhovskaya Mine Management and Don Anthracite, views the investment as a long-term project to restore production, and not as a speculative transaction in anticipation of the conjuncture. About this “Kommersant” said the interlocutor close to the company.

According to him, the PKK purchased mining equipment for 1.2 billion rubles and approved an investment program for 9.1 billion rubles for the renovation of two mines, including the commissioning of three new lavas. The PKK emphasizes the social orientation of the project – the preservation of labor collectives, jobs and coal production in the Eastern Donbas.

As the interlocutor of Kommersant notes, the general director of the PKK Felix Nakhshunov is a profile head of mining enterprises. From November 2023 to 2025, on behalf of the Federal Property Management Agency, he headed the Dalnegorsk GOK (today is part of Roskhim), the only producer of boric acid in Russia, and under his management the enterprise went to profit. Heading the Kemerovo asset of the Italian Coeclerici in 2018-2020, Mr. Nakhshunov achieved an increase in the reserves of the Korcakolsky mine.

"Obukhovskaya" and "Don anthracite" are engaged in the extraction and enrichment of anthracite in the Rostov region. Total reserves are estimated at 97.3 million tons. In 2025, production of Obukhovskaya decreased by 22%, to 1.26 million tons, Don anthracite - by 13%, to 550 thousand tons. As reported by Kommersant, the PKK received pledged equipment and equipment of companies that were previously pledged to Sberbank, as well as bills issued by Obukhovskaya and Don Anthracite.

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