Since the start of the year Kemerovo region has yielded 121.2 million tons of power-generating coal and 46.7 million tons of coking coal, up by 5.3% YoY. Coal pits have yielded 108 million tons, and mines – 59.9 million tons. In August the region mined 22.2 million tons of coal (20.3 million tons in August…
In January-August by-product coke plants imported 7.66 million tons of coking coal and coal concentrate, up by 16% YoY. In August 0.87 million tons were imported, down by 21% MoM. Local coal deliveries reached 1.75 million tons, down by 22% YoY, in August 140 thousand tons were delivered, down by 8% MoM. In 8 months…
Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev makes a series of working trip to the regions of the country. On September 14 Sagintayev arrived in Pavlodar region, where as part of the meetings with representatives of the region’s public and activists, issues and measures for further development of industry, small and medium businesses, as well as improving the…
In January-August DTEK Energo increased gas coal output by 2.5% YoY, to 15.5 million tons. In particular, DTEK Pavlogradugol mined 13 million tons of coal, on par with the last year level. DTEK Dobropolyeugol increased output by 16.7%, to 2.5 million tons. “Our task is to surpass the last year output level by 1.5 million…
In January-August Ukraine imported 14.164 million tons of coal, up by 26.3% YoY, valued at $1.976 billion, up by 17.3%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.238 billion worth of coal (62.67%), USA – $600.05 million (30.36%), Canada – $86.93 million (4.4%) and other countries – $50.84 million (2.57%). In 8 months Ukraine…
By 2025 coal enterprises have to reach the annual output of 560 million tons, up from the forecast volume of 460 million tons. According to the minister of energy Alexander Novak, this goal could be reached with some 1 trillion rubles of private investments. The Ministry of Energy believes that due to this Russia will…
In August Ukrainian coal production reached 2.904 million tons, the Trade Union of Coal Mining Industry of Ukraine informed on September 5 with reference to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. “In August coalmining enterprises of Ukraine of all forms of ownership extracted 2,904,151 tons of coal. The plan was fulfilled by 103%,” reads the…
DTEK Energy invested UAH 3.3 billion in January-June to upgrade and develop its businesses. This enables the company to modernize its facilities for operating efficiently in the new electricity market and ensure the energy security of Ukraine. DTEK Energy’s key objective in the coal business segment for 2018 is to invest in ramping up the…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said that Ukraine should fully refuse from anthracite and increase the production of gas coal. “Ukrainian anthracite coal is in occupation area in Ukrainian Donbas. We have to do everything to refuse from anthracite and increase the production of gas coal as much as we can,” Groysman said…
Employees of the state coalmining enterprises have organized a strike near the building of the Lviv regional state administration demanding their salary debt issues to be solved. The chairman of the administration Oleg Sinyutka promised to talk to the representatives of the Ministry of energy and coal industry on the matter. DTEK Energo reported that…
As of August 24, 988 thousand tons of coal have been produced, up by 67 thousand tons YoY. According to the Ministry of industry and new technologies, this year Tajikistan intends to produce 1.9 million tons of coal. The country has 14 coal deposits. Coal exports so far have reached 27 thousand tons valued at…
The Belozerskoye Mine Group (Donetsk region) has put into operation the 5th northern long face at the Novodonetskaya mine.
The coal reserves total 2 million tons.
The face will provide miners with enough work for the next 18 months.
The length of the face is 300 meters. (Ukrainian metal)
The governor of Donetsk region Alexander Kuts has discusses with the directors of mines, mayors of mine towns, representatives of power suppliers, Pension Fund, etc. what to do to make the state coal enterprises profitable. “At present there are 15 state coalmining enterprises in the region. As of August 23 they have mined 1.3 million…
Coal reserves of Russia are estimated at 200 billion tons, or 5.5% of the world total. Magadan region has four major coal territories: Arkagalinskaya, Omsukchanskaya, Omolonskaya and Okhotskaya. Three companies mine for coal in the region: Kolyma Coal Company LLC, Association of Business Partnership LLC and North-Eastern Coal Company LLC. Last year Kolyma Coal Company…
The Shakhta Ugolnaya Company, mining coal in Chukotka Autonomous District, has joined the Beringovsky area of advanced development. Within the area, the company will modernize its capacities and in 3 years acquire new machinery – a belt conveyer, a combine, winches and other equipment. The total volume of investments will reach 250 million rubles. The…
Ukraine’s extraction of coal rose by 1.1% YoY, to 2.64 million tons in July from 2.61 million tons in July 2017 and from 2.55 million tons in June, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported. Extraction of thermal coal in July increased by 7.7%, to 2.22 million tons from 2.06 million tons in July 2017,…
In January-June the mines of Donetsk region increased coal output by 5.3% YoY, to 5.9 million tons. At the same time this is 17.3% less than in January-June 2016. Last year the region yielded 10.2 million tons of coal, down from 14.5 million tons in 2016 and 38.1 million tons in 2013. In Q1 1144.3…
The Severopeschanskaya coal mine in Sverdlovsk region town of Krasnoturyinsk collapsed on August 15 killing one miner and injuring another, a spokesperson for the Emergency Ministry’s local branch reported.
The injured miner was delivered to hospital, but refused to be hospitalized.
The mine is operating in its usual mode. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
In January-July Chukotka Autonomous District mined 364 thousand tons of coal, up by 41%. Beringpromugol LLC has contributed the most to the output increase. In 7 months the company mined 304.3 thousand tons of coal, up 2.3-fold YoY. Shakhta Ugolnaya decreased coal output by 43%, to 59.8 thousand tons. Last year the region yielded 445…
The state enterprise Yuzhnodonbasskaya Mine No. 3 named after Surgay has put into operation a new long face. “The reserves total 518 thousand tons, enough for half a year work. Daily output is expected at 1.2 thousand tons”, the Donetsk regional military-civilian administration chairman Alexander Kuts posted on his Facebook page. In January-June the enterprise…
Last year Primorskugol LLC received 871 million rubles of net profit, up 5-fold YoY (163 million rubles).
In 2015 the company net profit reached 1.27 billion rubles.
Revenue in 2017 grew by 21% YoY, to 6.304 billion rubles.
Coal output increased by 4.5%, to 3.6 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine increases coal purchasing from Russia despite the public anti-Russian mood of the high-rank officials. In January-June Russia accounted for 63% of coal supplies to Ukraine, the largest volume in the past 4 years. The share of coal in the overall imports reached 6%, while Ukraine has 4% of the world coal reserves. This year…
The price of coal has more than doubled and amounted to 17,000 tenges in some areas of the East Kazakhstan region. “Its growth for the end user is significantly influenced by railway tariffs and surcharges of intermediary organizations. The main volume of coal for municipal consumers is sold through the commodity exchange,” Kazakh Energy Ministry…
The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine should seek financial resources to boost coal production and ensure the proper activity of the industry, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman said, commenting on results of the government meeting with participation of the leadership of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry and the Finance Ministry. “Until September…
In January-June Primorye region mined 4.33 million tons of coal, up by 9% YoY.
In particular, brown coal output totaled 4.03 million tons and bituminous coal – 0.3 million tons.
This year the region intends to mine 8 million tons of brown coal and 0.5 million tons of bituminous coal. (Ukrainian metal)
Mechel has prolonged the contract to supply coal to Baosteel Resources, a part of China Baowu Steel. The new agreement is valid till June 2019. Within this period Mechel will ship 700 thousand tons of premium grade coking coal to China – up to 40 thousand tons each month. The price will be set on…