Every year Russia transports 2.8 million tons of anthracite coal from the territory of the occupied Donbass. “Until 2014 we used to mine some 20 million tons of coal in Donetsk and Lugansk regions. And now we can say that Russia, having no resources of its own, because of the sanctions and enormous expenses on…
Last year Bogatyr Komir LLC shipped 45 million tons of coal to its customers. The annual target of 41.3 million tons was exceeded in early December 2018. The company managed by Samruk-Energo and Rusal mines coal from two pits – Bogatyr and Severniy in Pavlodar region. Its balance reserves are estimated at 2.75 billion tons.…
In 2018 DTEK increased gas coal output by 5.3% YoY, to 24.13 million tons.
In particular, DTEK Pavlogradugol mined 20 million tons of coal, and DTEK Dobropolyeugol – 4.1 million tons, up by 48.6%.
Last year DTEK invested 4.3 billion UAH in coal mining development. (Ukrainian metal)
Rosterminalugol JSC, operator of Russia’s largest dedicated coal port (run by Port Management Company, PMC LLC), shipped 19.9 million tons of export coal in 2018, up by 5% from the target. The company handled 288 vessels with average shipload of 69,149 tons and unloaded 276,297 railcars. According to the statement, the high results were achieved…
An interdepartmental working commission has been established to study the situation at Kum-Bel coal deposit, the Information Support Department of the Cabinet of Ministers reported. “Problems that have arisen at Kum-Bel coal deposit are being studied now. Samples were taken for water analysis. According to the materials of the interdepartmental working group, they will make…
This year the DTEK Pavlogradskoye Mine Group extracted 4 million tons of coal, enough for one heat and power plant operation for a year. “To reach this amount, we have invested 300 million UAH in new machinery and repairs”, the company said. Since the start of the year the mine group has put into operation…
More than 1.7 million tons of coal were produced in January-November in Tajikistan, according to the Tajik Ministry of Industry and New Technologies. Moreover, according to official statistics, as of early December, about 1.6 million of coal were mined in the republic. In Tajikistan, coal mining and production is carried out at 14 deposits. The…
In January-November Zabaikalye region extracted some 20 million tons of coal.
Traditionally SUEK contributed most of the yield.
This year the region expects to mine 21 million tons of coal.
In particular, SUEK plans to extract 5.9 million tons of coal, up by 15% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 the Sayano-Partizansky pit, the only enterprise in Krasnoyarsk region extracting power-generating coal, has for the first time in its 15-year history reached full capacity of 1 million tons.
The anniversary ton was mined on December 21.
Coal output this year grew by 20% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
The Verkhovna Rada has adopted the law “On amendments to some bills of Ukraine on creating conditions to provide state support to coal industry”. The bill No. 9049 was supported by 230 members of the parliament. The law extends till January 1, 2022 the prohibition of the arrest of state coal enterprises accounts. This is…
In November Ukrainian by-product coke enterprises received 1.29 million tons of coking coal, down by 2% MoM, including 0.25 million tons of local coal, up by 7%, and 1.04 million tons of imported, down by 4%. In 11 months enterprises received 13.38 million tons of coking coals, up by 7% YoY, including 2.42 million tons…
In January-November Uzbekistan mined 3751.3 thousand tons of coal, up by 1.4% YoY.
In January-August coal supplies were down by 10% YoY, or by 280 thousand tons.
In 9 months the shortage was 1.4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Russia exported 161.2 million tons of coal up by 10.3% YoY. In October coal exports dropped by 23.3% MoM, to 14.8 million tons. Revenue from coal exports in 10 months increased by 25.5%, to $13.7 billion. According to the Federal Customs Service, coke exports in 10 months decreased by 9.6% YoY, to 9.6…
In January-November Ukraine mined 30.687 million tons of coal, down by 4.6% YoY. According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, coking coal output dropped by 14.2%, to 5.321 million tons, and power-generating coal by 2.3%, to 25.151 million tons. In November coal mining fell by 9.7% YoY, to 2.785 million tons. In 11…
In January-November Ukraine increased the import of coal by 9.9% YoY, to 19.09 million tons. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the coal imported stood at $2.693 billion, up by 10.8% YoY. Russia supplied $1.667 billion worth of coal (or 61.91%), USA – $806.34 million (29.94%), Canada – $128.6 million (4.78%) and…
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik has suggested increasing the base price of power-generating coal in Ukraine by 10.5%. Thus, the price should grow from the current level of 2535 UAH (without VAT) per ton, set in April, to 2800 UAH. According to Nasalik, the base price increase is necessitated by the…
In 2018 Telen intends to mine 180 thousand tons of coal in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). This year the company is operating at the Kharbalakhskoye deposits. So far 160 thousand tons of coal have been mined, or 90% of the target. In short-term Telen wants to increase coal reserves to 10 million tons at…
In November Ukraine produced 2.775 million tons of coal, or 99% of the plan. This was reported by the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine with reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. In particular, mines subordinated to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry produced 332,543 tons of coal, or 87.1%…
The undistributed fund of the Zabaikalye region has coal worth some 5.5 trillion rubles. Development of these deposits could attract 116 billion rubles and create 2.6 thousand jobs. There are also ongoing projects worth 4 trillion rubles. Investments in them are estimated at 7.4 billion rubles. Moreover, the region has 258 sites with gold and…
Russia’s coal exports to Asia may contract in the next 10 years as some states in the region may refuse the fuel, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Dmitry Kobylkin declared on November 30. “The thing of importance here is not the position of our European colleagues, because as far as I am aware, we do…
Kyrgyzkomur state-owned enterprise explained accumulation of vehicles at Kara-Keche field by high demand for coal, press service of the enterprise reported. It is noted that only Kyrgyzkomur has a sorting room at the field. “People want to take selected coal. Other enterprises have lower capacity; their fuel is dusty. We work around the clock. Four…
On November 22 Bachaty Coal Pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol mined the anniversary 350-millonth ton of coal since the pit had been commissioned. None of the coal enterprises in Russia has ever had such results. The pit was commissioned in 1949 with the design capacity of 300 thousand tons of coal per year. In the first year…
Rosterminalugol, operator of Russia’s largest dedicated coal port (run by Port Management Company, PMC LLC) has shipped 18 million tons of export coal year-to-date. According to the stevedoring company, the milestone ton was loaded onto the Panamax ship Capricorn Trader, the 16th vessel received at the terminal since the beginning of the month (the 260th…
In January-October Ukraine mined 27.687 million tons of coal, down by 4.1% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the coking coal output dropped by 11.7%, to 4.908 million tons, and power-generating coal by 2.3%, to 22.779 million tons. In October coal output grew by 5%, to 2.838 million tons. In 10…
The Cabinet of Ministers suggests providing state coal enterprises with 1.63 billion UAH in 2019 to be spent on their restructuring. The corresponding suggestion is contained in the draft budget for 2019. The restructure program also includes the support of state mines by a surcharge from the state budget to the price of coal. The…
In January-October Kuzbass mined 151.7 million tons of power-generating coal and 60.1 million tons of coking coal. The combined increase was 5.2% YoY. The mines yielded 74.4 million tons of coal (72.3 million tons in 10 months of 2017) and pits – 137.4 million tons (129 million tons). In October Kuzbass mined 15 million tons…