Ukraine: DTEK to stop using anthracite coal

DTEK energy holding is planning to refrain from the consumption of anthracite coal and transfer its TTPs to gas coal, DTEK Director General Maksym Tymchenko said. Tymchenko noted that during his last meeting with the DTEK owner Rinat Akhmetov, the issue on the increase of gas coal production was discussed. “DTEK is transferring to gas…

Russia: KRU coal output up in Q1 2017

In January-March enterprises of Kuzbassrazrezugol, a part of UMMC, mined 10.8 million tons of coal, including 1.5 million tons of coking coal, up by 300 thousand tons YoY. The group sold 10 million tons of coal, up by 500 thousand tons YoY, with 2.9 million tons delivered to the local consumers and 7.1 million tons…

Russia needs no coal from occupied Donbass

Deputy economy minister Sergey Nazarov declared that Russia needed no coal from the Donetsk and Lugansk regions, occupied by the militants. “Each month we supply some 1 million tons of coal to Ukraine. But we only deliver coking coal, not power-generating coal”, he added. Nazarov also noted that there were no coal deliveries from the…

Ukraine: coal output down in Q1 2017

In January-March Ukraine mined 6.7 million tons of coal, down by 11.3% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, in March coal output dropped by 17.7% YoY, to 2 million tons. In January-February coal output increased by 11.3% YoY, or by 750.8 thousand tons, to 7367.9 thousand tons. Coking coal output dropped by 24.2%, or…