Uralmashzavod has concluded a contract for the delivery of an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel. The No. 18 machine will be operating at Neryungrinsky open-pit of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. The excavator will be supplied in late 2017. Last year the company received 2 similar excavators. One has already been successfully put into operation. (Ukrainian…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has asked the State Fiscal Service to confiscate all the coal originating from the occupied regions of Donbass. According to the ministry letter, the SFS has to demand the certificate of origin when the coal is imported, as well as take samples to check sulfur contents. The coal…
DTEK is expecting the arrival of a vessel with 75 thousand tons of anthracite from the South African Republic from May 22 through May 28. “Next week we expect the arrival of coal to restock our supplies at TPPs. The vessel with the first coal batch has already made a long way and is passing…
In January-April Ukraine decreased coking coal output by 19.4% YoY, to 2.3 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, power-generating coal output went up by 1.1%, to 10.8 million tons. All in all in 4 months Ukraine mined 13.1 million tons of coal, down by 3.2% YoY. As of May 1,…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers decided to resume licensing of anthracite exports in 2017 in consultation with Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry to overcome crisis in the energy sector linked to termination of anthracite supplies from Ukrainian government uncontrolled territories of Donbas. “The resolution is intended to provide for a balance on domestic market, prevent…
An American working group on the issue of coal deliveries will arrive in Ukraine. “On May 23 the American group will come”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik declared. At the same time he noted that Ukraine would not be using anthracite coal in May and June. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April coal companies of Kemerovo region mined 77.3 million tons of coal, up by 8% YoY. According to the regional state administration, power-generating coal output totaled 56.7 million tons, up by 10.5%, and coking coal output remained on the 2016 level (20.6 million tons). (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March the thermal power plants of DTEK Zakhidenergo consumed 173 thousand tons of coal, mined by Volynugol and Lvivugol, or 74% of their total sales. In 2016 the DTEK share in Lviv-Volyn miners sales was 66% (667 thousand tons), in 2015 – 49% (486 thousand tons). At present the purchase of Ukrainian coal is…