The new EKG-18 excavator has started operating at the Neryugrinsky open-pit mine of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. This is the second machine that has started operating there since the beginning of the year. The excavator has been purchased for 600 million rubles within the modernization program. The ladle volume is 18 cubic meters. The…
The first cargo ship loaded with deficient anthracite coal arrived in Ukraine from the Republic of South Africa, the press service of Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK wrote on Facebook. “Our first ship with South African coal arrived in Ukraine. We will shortly begin shipping the scarce anthracite to the warehouses of our thermal power plants,” the…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine at a meeting on May 24 approved the concept of coal industry reforming and development for the period until 2020. “The purpose of our concept is to increase coal production with a simultaneous complete transfer of mines to non-subsidization and self-sufficiency, solving environmental and social problems,” Energy and Coal…
Prosecutor General of Ukraine Yuriy Lutsenko has said the Rotterdam+ scheme is dangerous and has called on Verkhovna Rada deputies to enact a law regulating payments for coal imports. “As for the coal issue: if previously funds were pilfered via special schemes involving budget payments to mines, today there exists an even more dangerous scheme…
In January-April Vostsibugol mined 3.773 million tons of coal in Irkutsk region. The company operates at three open-pit mines: Cheremkhovugol, Tulunugol and Zheronsky. Tulunugol yields the most coal – 2.352 million tons were mined in 4 months. Cheremkhovugol mined 1.197 million tons of coal and Zheronsky – 223 thousand tons. This year the enterprise plans…
In 14 months there will be no profitless mines in Ukraine. According to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik, by the end of 2017, 70% of mines will be lossless, and 50% – profitable. “The mines will also start paying for electricity, for which they haven’t paid for 2 years. They will…
Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman is initiating the cancellation of the mine check moratorium. He has ordered the Ministry of energy and coal industry to prepare a decree to allow checking coalmining enterprises. Earlier the Vice Prime Minister Vladimir Kistion presented the results of the labor safety check of the mining companies. After checking…
According to the deputy prime minister of Belarus Vladimir Semashko, the country is not negotiating coal supplies with the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. “Belarus has no need for Donbass coal”, he said. The reason for such a statement was the interview of the LPR leader Igor Plotnitsky…
