Published on: 2026-09-23
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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Order dated September 22, 2026 No. 2606-r
Coal production volume in our country could grow to 662 million tons by 2050. Achieving such an indicator is laid out in the target scenario of the coal industry development program of Russia approved by the Government. The document defines the goals and objectives of the sector until 2050, measures to achieve them, as well as directions of state policy in this field.
On the approval of the program, Chairman of the Government Mikhail Mishustin reported at at the meeting with the deputy prime ministers on September 21. He clarified that the goals and objectives of the industry have been updated taking into account the changed external conditions.
As noted in the program, our country is among the world leaders in proven coal reserves (over 273 billion tons), and has all the capabilities for their efficient extraction and use to reliably meet domestic needs and export supplies.
The coal industry is a key systemic sector and one of the largest mining industries in the country, providing a multiplicative effect in related sectors of the Russian economy, including energy, metallurgy, mining, transport and power engineering, construction, chemical industry, and housing and communal services.
Due to the digital transformation of the economy, automation and robotization of technological processes, and the introduction of artificial intelligence and other innovative technologies, new consumers of coal products will emerge in Russia in the near future.
The industry also has great potential for the development of export supplies. The growing demand for Russian coal in the global market will be driven by an increase in global electricity demand, including coal-based generation, due to worldwide population growth, electrification of transport, industry, and emerging sectors such as data centers and artificial intelligence capacities.
The program approved by the Government involves both the maintenance of existing coal mining capacities and the creation of conditions for the formation of a new raw material base for the coal industry.
The solution of these tasks is planned to be carried out in three stages.
Thus, at the first stage, the activities of the structural development program for the period up to 2030 will be implemented.
It is intended, in particular, to provide state support to coal industry organizations, to diversify coal production, including the development of more efficient methods of coal mining and enrichment, the expansion of product range, and the increase of the industry’s production, market, and investment potential, ensuring sustainable development and the ability to overcome crisis periods in the future without negative consequences.
In the second phase (2031–2036), it is planned to ensure a rational approach to the comprehensive use of coal in the domestic economy, taking into account the readiness and availability of technologies for the extraction and processing of solid fuel, established regional energy balances, and logistics. During these five years, it is expected that conditions will be created by the state and subsoil users for the transition to a new technological paradigm in the country’s coal industry.
The third phase (2037–2050) envisages the realization of the potential competitive advantages of Russian coal enterprises within the framework of implementing long-term state energy policy using the most advanced technological, economic, and organizational solutions, as well as the formation of long-term partnerships between the coal industry and related sectors.
The implementation of the program will allow, by 2050, among other things, to renew coal mining production capacities based on modernization and innovative technologies, to bring promising coal deposit areas and sites into industrial turnover, and to ensure the creation and further development of efficient production and technological complexes based on new coal mining centers.
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