The new procedure of depreciation accrual for some types of fixed assets of mining enterprises, based on the principle of reimbursement of their cost in proportion to the amount of worked reserves, in the development of which these fixed assets take part, complicates the control over the cost of coal on the element of depreciation.The analysis is complicated by the fact that the amount of depreciation in the cost of production is accrued at the planned rate on the actual volume of production, while during the reporting period changes in the value of fixed assets and the value of reserves, which determine the amount of depreciation.