In the next 7 months the miners of the DTEK Space Heroes Mine Group intend to get coal from the new 1060 long face with the estimated reserves of 300 thousand tons.

The coal will be supplied to thermal power plants, operating on gas coal.

Investments into the new long face totaled 228.6 million UAH.

The long face has enough coal till April 2018. Its length is 250 meters and the average daily yield – some 2 thousand tons.

This is the seventh long face put into operation at Space Heroes this year. By the end of the year the company intends to have put into operation 3 more faces and produce this year some 4.8 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)

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