Russia: coal exports up in Q1 2017

In January-March Russian coal exports climbed by 7% YoY, to 43.591 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In March Russia exported 15,489,400 tons of coal. Coal production in January-March totaled 99,352,200 tons including 91,272,200 tons supplied. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)

Ukraine to stop buying steam coal from Russia

Ukraine in the conditions of halting supplies of anthracite from areas that are not under control of the government in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) zone would cut consumption of anthracite and will cover its shortage thanks to diversified imports, refusing to ship coal from Russia, Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said. “Of course, we…

Russia: Russian Coal output up in Q1 2017

In January-March Russian Coal mined 4.045 million tons of coal, up by 8% YoY. The highest growth in output was demonstrated by the enterprises of Krasnoyarskkraiugol – up by 16%. The company explains this with the high demand from the Asia-Pacific region. “Despite the decrease in coal consumption in Europe, the demand for this fuel…

Ukraine: Poroshenko to confiscate coal

The president of Ukraine Petr Poroshenko suggests taking coal from Ukrainian power companies if they import it from Russia. “The next issue that the president is going to discuss with the National Security Council is the possibility of confiscating coal, which is sent from the occupied mines in Donbass to Russia, and then sold back…

Ukraine: coalmining down in March 2017

In March Ukraine mined 2.98 million tons of coal, down by 12.8% YoY, or by 438.2 thousand tons. The decrease has to do with the militants occupying coal enterprises of DTEK. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the total yield of DTEK mines (Komsomolets Donbassa, Sverdlovantrazit and Rovenkiantrazit), is 30.3 thousand tons,…

Ukraine: anthracite stocks at TPPs down

As of early April 10, anthracite stocks at the thermal power plants totaled 399.5 thousand tons, down by 10.1% WoW. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, gas-coal stocks increased by 2.7%, to 1.42 million tons. More than half of the anthracite (203.7 thousand tons) is stored at the Lugansk TPP. Altogether coal…