DTEK forecasts that in 2017 Donbass mines on the uncontrolled territories taken from the company will decrease coal output 2-3-fold, to 4.4-5.6 million tons.
The output plan for Komsomolets Donbassa, Sverdlovantrazit and Rovenkiantrazit mines this year was 12 million tons. The Starobeshevskaya TPP consumes some 2 million tons of coal per year, and the probable export to Russian will reach 2.4-3.6 million tons.
“There will be no 10 million tons of coal (plus 2 million tons consumed by StTPP) – they will not be mined. I guess the ATO zone will supply some 200-300 thousand tons of anthracite to Russia per month”, DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko said.
DTEK continues watching for trade relations with occupied mines.
“There is a vessel in Turkey, one of the customers has stopped it for additional check. We’re negotiating with him”, Timchenko noted. (Ukrainian metal)