In January-May Russia supplied 4.25 million tons of coal to Ukraine, and the total supplies this year are expected on the level of 10 million tons. Last year Russia supplied 10.11 million tons of coal to Ukraine, according to the Russian Ministry of energy. The Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine has asked…
In May Vostsibugol mined 723 thousand tons of coal in Irkutsk region. Vostsibugol operates Cheremkhovugol, Tulunugol and Zhronsky open-pits. In May Cheremkhovugol mined 318.6 thousand tons of coal, Tulunugol – 340.4 thousand tons and Zheronsky – 63.8 thousand tons. In January-May Vostsibugol mined 4.496 million tons of coal, up by 2.6% YoY. This year the…
The founder of VETEK Sergey Kurchenko started exporting coal of Ukrainian origin. According to sources, anthracite is mostly sold to Turkey. The first sales commenced in April, and became systematic in May-June: some 5-6 vessels carrying 20 thousand tons of coal unload in Turkey each month. Coal, mined on the occupied territories of Donetsk and…
In May by-product coke plants received 320 thousand tons of local coal, up by 100 thousand tons MoM, with 1.6 million tons (down by 38% YoY) delivered in 5 months. Imports in May increased by 10 thousand tons MoM, to 790 thousand tons, but dropped by 17% YoY, to 4.3 million tons, in January-May. Thus…
In January-May Ukraine mined 15.883 million tons of coal, down by 3.2% YoY, or by 517.2 thousand tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 26%, or by 993.1 thousand tons, to 2820.9 thousand tons, while that of power-generating coal increased by 3.8%, or by 475.9 thousand tons,…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has asked the Ministry of foreign affairs to inform 8 countries about the risk of illegal coal deliveries from the temporarily occupied regions. According to the ministry letter, such information has to be transferred to the Ukrainian embassies in Turkey, the Netherlands, Spain, Moldova, Bulgaria, Belgium, Poland and…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, has exported 10 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on June 12 onto Post-Panamax Nordic Odin, the 151st vessels handled from the year beginning (the 11th in…
DTEK buys its coal in Russia, despite the fact that in Rotterdam it’s cheaper. The anthracite that DTEK delivers from its own mines in Rostov region costs $95 per ton. Taking into account the basic fuel value the Russian anthracite is $13-15 per ton more expensive. (Ukrainian metal)