The Ministry of energy and coal industry reports that the state enterprise National Coal Company will begin full-scale operation in 2-3 months. According to the deputy minister Anatoly Korzun, the enterprise will optimize the structure of the coal industry management and considerably improve financial conditions of mines. The company will unite 19 state enterprises containing…
First Deputy CEO and CCO of Port Management Company LLC Irina Olkhovskaya and General Director of Management Company of First Heavy Haul Company Vladimir Sosipatorov have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to develop the innovative technology for heavy haul freight application on railway network: heavy haul 27-ton axle load railcars. The agreement was signed on…
In January-April Tajikistan mined some 268 thousand tons of coal. According to the Ministry of industry and new technologies, preliminary needs of industrial enterprises in coal in 2018 amount to 920 thousand tons, of budget organizations – 57.2 thousand tons, heat and thermal power plant Dushanbe-2 and boiler houses – 1.245 million tons. So far…
In April Ukrainian by-product coke enterprises received 1.12 million tons of coking coals, down by 18% MoM. In particular, Ukraine-produced coal deliveries totaled 0.24 million tons, down by 4%, and imported – 0.88 million tons, down by 21%. In January-April by-product coke plants received 4.74 million tons of coal, down by 1% YoY, including 1.02…
Since the start of the year Amur region has mined over 1.2 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 5% YoY. The coal is mined at 2 deposits – the Raychikhinskoye and Yerkovetskoye. The coal industry employs over 1600 locals. With the increase of the Yerkovetsky open-pit capacity their number could grow. The oldest pit…
In April coal imports increased by 21.1% YoY, or by $42.484 million, to $243.788 million, while exports dropped by 99.7%, or by $6.636 million, to $0.019 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia was the main supplier of coal ($171.08 million). In January-April coal imports grew by 30.3% YoY, or by $233.424 million, to…
The State Service of Geology and Subsoil Use has suspended special permits to mine coal of the Mine “Rossiya” LLC and the Mine 1-3 Novogrodovskaya LLC. The basis for the suspension of the permits is the violation of two clauses of the “Ukrainian Subsoil Code”. The service has given the companies 10 days to set…
At present salary debts to the employees of the state coalmining enterprises amount to 406.8 million UAH and are the result of the difficult economic condition of the state coal sector. “In 2018 we have seen no sufficient support from the state, thus now we have wage debts of over 400 million UAH”, Department of…
Since the start of the year Russky Ugol (Russian Coal) has increased coal output in Krasnoyarsk region by 13% YoY, to 350 thousand tons, at the Sayano-Partizansky pit alone. By the end of the year the output will have increased by 20%. In Q1 75% of all coal mined was exported. Last year the company…
Kuzbassrazrezugol intends to construct 2 processing factories – at the Bachatskiy and Krasnobrodksy open pits. According to UGMK-Holding LLC CEO Andrei Kozitsyn, the project will start after 2020, when the processing factory at the Taldinsky open pit is commissioned. “Thus we will be processing all the coal we mine. In 4 years we will be…
In January-April Zabaykalye region shipped 7.186 million tons of coal, down by 7.6% YoY.
According to the regional ministry of natural resources, in January-April 2017 7.777 million tons of coal were shipped from coal deposits.
In 2017 the region mined 21.3 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
This year Kuzbassrazrezugol will spend over 16 billion rubles on the development of its manufacturing capacities, as well as social programs in the Kemerovo region. Last year the company invested 15.6 billion rubles, including 14.6 billion rubles in development, and 311.5 million rubles in state and regional social programs. This year industrial investments will grow…
The prime cost of 1 ton of coal mined at the state enterprises is 1.5 times higher than the price of this coal when sold to the power plants. According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, in February the prime cost was 3124.9 UAH per ton, while the average selling price was 2033.5…
In January-April the throughput of Russian seaports totaled 260.1 million tons, up by 3.7% YoY.
According to the Association of Sea Trade Ports of Russia, coal throughput grew by 3.4%, to 49 million tons, and ferrous metals – by 11.1%, to 10.8 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April Chukotka Autonomous District mined 225.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 13.2% YoY.
Beringpromugol and Ugolnaya Mine are the main coalmining companies in the region.
In particular, this year Beringpromugol intends to mine 600 thousand tons of coal.
Last year the region yielded 445.3 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
Since the start of the year and as of May 15, Rosterminalugol has exported 8 million tons of coal. In 2017 the result was reached on May 17. The 8-millionth ton was a part of the batch loaded onto Post-Panamax bulker Proteas (83.5 thousand tons). The vessel has been the 13th at the terminal since…
In January-April Magadan region mined 261.8 thousand tons of coal, up almost 2-fold YoY. The increase has to do with the scheduled growth of output at the Kolyma Coal Company, which became the leader in coalmining. Two more companies are operating in the region – Association of business cooperation LLC and North-Eastern Coal Company LLC.…
The state enterprise Krasnolimanskaya Coal Company (Donetsk region) has been included in the list of 26 enterprises to be privatized, as approved by the government.
The enterprise is subject to the Ministry of energy and coal industry and is being privatized under the decree “On the peculiarities of privatization of coalmining enterprises”. (Ukrainian metal)
The State Property Fund has included the Novovolynskaya mine No. 10 in the list of enterprises subject to privatization. The mine was included in the list according to the fund order No. 447 dated March 27. In late 2017 the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman said it was necessary for the state to finish…
In April Russia mined 35.32 million tons of coal, up by 5.8% YoY, while exports increased by 0.7%, to 15.34 million tons. Deliveries to the domestic market grew by 17.5%, to 15.1 million tons. Imports dropped by 12.7% YoY, to 1.58 million tons. SUEK mined 9.2 million tons of coal, down by 1.2%, Kuzbassrazrezugol –…
In January-April Ukraine imported 7.437 million tons of coal valued at $1.004 billion, up by 53.9% and by 30.3% YoY respectively. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $643.58 million worth of coal (64.08% in the total imports), USA – $288.411 million (28.72%), Canada – $48.365 million (4.82%), and other countries – $24.003 million…
In January-March Magadan region mined 223.3 thousand tons of coal, up 1.8-fold YoY.
Kolyma Coal Company LLC, developing the Verkhne-Arkagalinskoye deposits, has provided for 70% of the total volume.
In 2017 Magadan region coal enterprises decreased mining by 16.7% YoY, to 330.9 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Export of Russian coal in January-April increased by 5% YoY, to 59.657 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said.
In April coal exports totaled 15.347 million tons.
Coal mining in January-April amounted to 140.611 million tons of which 125.228 million tons were delivered. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
As of April 30, Rosterminalugol, the largest specialized coal terminal in the European part of Russia, has exported 7 million tons of coal since the start of the year. Last year this mark was reached on May 2. The 7-millionth ton was a part of cargo loaded onto the Roland Oldendorrf bulker. The vessel was…
The Chief state expertise agency of Russia has approved the first stage of the Zashulanskoye deposits pit development in Zabaykalye region. Razrezugol LLC is carrying out the project. The company plans to carry out mining operations, as well as construct a coal warehouse and inner road network. The enterprise is expected to reach its project…
The operation of the Port Eastern Gates – Primorye Works in Nakhodka was suspended following the checks on April 28.
It was found out that the company was handling coal without the permission to pollute air.
The checks followed the complaints of Nakhodka citizens on coal dust originating from coal handling. (Ukrainian metal)