Because of the growing prices of coking coal, provision of by-product coke plants decreased by 15% in September. This resulted in the drop in the production of steel and pig iron leading to the increase of steel prime cost. In January-August, by-product coke plants received 8.63 million tons of coking coal, down by 1.1% YoY,…
In January-July, Kazakhstan extracted 62.8 million tons of coal, down by 0.5% YoY. Pavlodar region produced 37.2 million tons, down by 2.3%, Karaganda – 21.1 million tons and East-Kazakhstan region – 4.2 million toms. Kazakhstan exported 16 million tons of coal valued at $254.9 million, up by 29.2% and by 31.9% YoY respectively. Exports to…
The Samsonovskaya-Zapadnaya mine has been on fire for two days near Krasnodon, situated in the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. The fire started underground on June 14. There were no casualties. All the miners were able to evacuate. Before the Russian occupation, the mine was a part of…
Authorities of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, have decided to shut down three coalmines. In particular, the mine named after Cosmonauts in the town of Rovenki will be closed. Until 2014, it was a part of DTEK Rovenkiantrazit. The reserves of the mine amount to some 7-10…
In January-September, Chukotka extracted over 560 thousand tons of coal at the Fandyushkinskoye Field deposit, up by 22% YoY. The district mined 18.6 tons of gold, down by 0.9%, and 79 million tons of silver, down by 7%. Alluvial gold enterprises extracted 1864 kg of gold, down by 363 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
During 6 years of existence of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, around 35 thousand jobs in the coal sector were liquidated. Some 22 coal mines have been shut down in the region. Many settlements have lost their major enterprises. (Ukrainian metal)
Many coalmines are closed in the temporarily occupied territories of Donbas, and a large number of local residents become unemployed. The closure of Ukrainian coalmines is beneficial for the Russian Federation, which wants to trade its own coal, Vice Prime Minister – Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov has said. “The…
The authorities of the Russia-controlled Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created by Russia, intend to “reorganize” coal industry, by shutting down a number of mines. In late April, dozens of Nikanor-Novaya miners refused to return to the surface. The main reasons of the strike were the multi-million salary debts and the decision of the…
In January-February, Russia extracted 64.6 million tons of coal, down by 9.4% YoY. In particular, in January output was 33.1 million tons. The Far Eastern Railroad transported 2.6 million tons of coal, down by 119.8%. (Ukrainian metal)
As of March 26, Rosterminalugol has exported 6 million tons of coal. Last year, this result was achieved on April 17. The 6-millionth ton was loaded onto the Mega Benefit, which transported 75.5 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
In February, Kuzbass yielded 17.1 million tons of coal. 10.1 million tons accounted for pits (12.5 million tons in February 2019) and 7 million for mines (6.5 million tons). Coking coal accounted for 6.5 million tons (5.9 million tons) and power-generating coal – 10.6 million tons (13.1 million tons). Factories processed 10.3 million tons (9.9…
The Cabinet of Ministers intends to envisage additional UAH 1.6 billion in a draft law on amendments to the 2020 state budget regarding the financing of the coal industry, MP Oleksiy Honcharuk posted a relevant draft document on his Telegram channel. According to the document, the government intends to invest UAH 3.563 billion to restructure…
Coal-extracting companies of Kazakhstan produced 18.3 million tons of coal in January-February. 10.4 million tons of coal were shipped to energy producing companies, and industrial enterprises received 936,800 tons. 1.4 million tons were shipped for public and utility needs. 4.6 million tons will be exported. According to the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development, the…