Ukraine: DTEK launches 7 new coalfaces

To prepare the heating generation for the summer peaks of consumption and the coming heating season, since the beginning of the year, DTEK Energo has commissioned seven new coalfaces, including two in May. “In summer and during heating seasons the pressure on heating generation traditionally grows, so we maintain the corresponding rhythm of work. Extraction…

Kazakhstan: coal output up in January-April 2025

Kazakhstan mined 109.8 million tons of coal in 2024, the Industry and Construction Minister Yerssaiyn Nagaspayev told the Government meeting. Of them 8.6 million tons of coal were supplied for domestic needs and household. Power and heat plants remain the largest coal consumers with 65.7 million tons. Industrial enterprises used 6 million tons of coal,…

Ukraine: Samsonivska-Zakhidna mine to be liquidated

The Samsonivska-Zakhidna mine, which until 2014 was considered the “mine of the future”, is in the critical condition, the chairman of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration Artem Lysohor has said. After the occupation, the enterprise, located near Otamanivka, was given to a Russian investor for a symbolic price. Despite the previous promises of large-scale development,…