In January-September DTEK companies mined 21.4 million tons of coal, down by 25.6% YoY. Ordinary coal processing totaled 14.7 million tons, while concentrate manufacture fell to 8.9 million tons.
Rovenkiantracit, Sverdlovantracit and Komsomolets Donbassa mine decreased anthracite lean coal output by 69.8%, or by 7.5 million tons. At the same time Q3 saw an increase by 41.9%, or by 429.3 thousand tons QoQ, due to the new logistics route from the ATO zone. Average daily deliveries of coal in Q3 increased by 7%, to 12 thousand tons. Coal companies in the ATO zone stock around 2 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)