Kyrgyzstan: unified coalmining policy needed

Kyrgyzstan should have a unified policy in the field of coalmining, the President of the Board of the Association of Miners and Geologists of the Kyrgyz Republic Duishenbek Kamchybekov has said. According to him, more than 400 licenses are in the hands of coalmining enterprises to date in the country. More than half of them…

Ukraine: coal exports prohibited

The Cabinet of Ministers has prohibited the exports of anthracite, but increased the export quota of coking coal. According to the decree No. 1466 dated December 27, 2022, the export of coking coal is allowed in the volume of 600 thousand tons. The decree came into effect on January 1. In September 2022, the Cabinet…

Kazakhstan: coal exports down in October 2022

In October, Kazakhstan exported slightly over 2 million tons of coal valued at $54.9 million. In September, the results were almost 3 million tons for $99.6 million. European countries accounted for the drop. Thus, deliveries to Poland decreased from 173.9 thousand tons ($15.1 million) to 140.9 thousand tons ($13.3 million), to Romania – from 34.3…

Ukraine: DTEK commissions 25 long faces

In January-November, DTEK commissioned 25 new coal long faces. “In 10 months, 23 long faces were launched. And two more in November. Despite war, our miners were able to maintain coal output at the previous year lever,” the company said. 100 thousand tons of coal were supplied to heat-generating enterprises, with 10 thousand tons more…

Ukraine: coal export up in January-October 2022

In January-October, Ukraine imported 4.55 million tons of coal, down 3.5-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms imports have decreased only by 35.1%, to $1.13 billion. In particular, Russia supplied $43108 million worth of coal (pre-invasion volumes, import share was 38.13%), USA – $309.18 million (27.35%), Australia – $153.62 million (13.59%)…