In January-May Russian coal exports increased by 6% YoY, to 73.528 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy, in May Russia exported 15.347 million tons of coal. In January-May coal mining totaled 165.626 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
The Novovolynskaya No. 9 mine first shift miners refused to get into the shaft because of the non-payment of salary, but after negotiations with the management, went underground. “The reason of the protest is the non-payment of salary. They have been paid 54% of April salary, and have seen no money since then. While the…
The coal terminal of the Eastern mining company is increasing coal throughput. In early June the coal seaport of Shakhtersk exported 1-millionth ton of coal. Last year such a volume was reached on June 23, thus the port improved its indexes by 3 weeks. In late May the port also set a daily record of…
In January-March DTEK mined 8.36 million tons of coal, up by 15.7% YoY. Coal concentrate output in Q1 increased by 29.2% YoY, to 4.27 million tons. It should be noted that DTEK started buying coal for its thermal power plants in South African Republic and Poland to cover the shortages of coal deliveries from the…
DTEK Energo intends to increase investments into Pavlogradugol and Dobropolyeugol by 40% YoY, to 4.2 billion UAH. “In Pavlogradugol we will invest 3.2 billion UAH, up by 28% YoY, in Dobropolyeugol – 1 billion UAH, up 2-fold”, the company acting CEO Dmitry Sakharuk noted. “We have already put 10 out of 33 planned long faces…
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…