Ukraine: Rotterdam+ coal scheme dangerous

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…

Belarus needs no terrorist coal

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…

Russia: Evraz starts mining GZh coal

Uskovskaya miners have started digging coal at the long face 50-08. The reserves of the face are estimated at 1.8 million tons of coking coal of the premium GZh grade. Each month the miners intend to obtain some 250 thousand tons of coal. After processing at Evraz factories Uskovskaya mine coal is delivered to other…