In January Ukraine mined 3130.5 thousand tons of coal, down by 9.3% YoY, or by 321.2 thousand tons.
According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal mining was down by 5.4%, to 717.5 thousand tons, while that of power-generating coal – by 10.4%, to 2.41 million tons.
The ministry companies produced 458.5 thousand tons of coal, down by 34.5%, including 126.7 thousand tons of coking coal, up by 5.2%, and 331.8 thousand tons of power-generating coal, down by 42.8%.
Last month Donetsk mines yielded 1247.6 thousand tons of coal, those from Lugansk region – 367.3 thousand tons, Dniepropetrovsk – 1405.9 thousand tons, Lviv – 89.5 thousand tons, and Volyn – 20.3 thousand tons, up by 5.9% YoY and down by 13.9%, 11.5%, 54.3% and 36.4% YoY respectively. (Ukrainian metal)