In January-May Ukraine imported $1.036 billion worth of coal, up 2-fold YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the major suppliers were Russia (52%), USA (25.5%) and Canada (7%). In particular Russia supplied $538.9 million worth of coal, up from $363.8 million, USA – $264.5 million, up from $83.8 million, and Canada – $72.8 million.…
Separatists from the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are trying to sell coal from DTEK mines at half-price. “We’re negotiating with our prospective customers who could buy our coal – Turkey, Spain. We consider it our coal, but stolen. When we left there were some 450 thousand tons of coal at Sverdlovantrazit and Rovenkiantrazit”,…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry reports that in April the prime cost of coal at state mines increased by 13.8% MoM, or by 384.1 UAH per ton, to 3159.67 UAH per ton. The prime cost of coal is 45.7%, or 1443.17 UAH per ton, more than its average sale price (1716.5 UAH per…
The price of coal, delivered from DTEK mines in Russia, is $95 per ton, while that from the South-African Republic is $100 per ton. According to the acting CEO of DTEK Energo Dmitry Sakharuk, in April the company received 35 thousand tons of coal from Russia, with 85 thousand tons in May. In June DTEK…
SUEK has put a new long face No. 70-10 at the Taldinskaya-Zapadnaya 2 mine into operation. The expected output is 500 thousand tons of coal per month. The reserves of the face will be enough till the end of the year. SUEK invested over 2.3 billion rubles into the project. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April the republic of Buryatia mined 1177.5 thousand tons of coal, up by 50.8% YoY. According to the regional ministry of natural resources, the increase was the result of the coalmining start at Nikolskoye deposits of Tugnuysky open-pit in June 2016. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia has enough coking coal for 25 years, the minister of energy Alexander Novak declared. “Industrial stocks of operating enterprises as of January 1 totaled 1.183 billion tons. Last year we mined 43.694 million tons. Thus we have enough coking coal for 25 years”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
The Stepnaya mine in Pershotravensk, Dnieporpetrovsk region, has put into operation a new long face with reserves of over 800 thousand tons of coal. According to DTEK, the owner of the mine, investment in the development reached 70 million UAH. The new long face is expected to yield some 3 thousand tons of gas coal…
