On March 20, a working group on the liberalization of the coal market in Ukraine was created to fulfill an order issued by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman. Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion was appointed head of the group, reads a report on the government’s website. “On March 9, under the chairmanship of…
In 2016 the Russian Railways throughput dropped by 1% YoY, mostly because of the considerable decrease in coal transportation. 99% of the transit raw materials come from Kazakhstan, and last year they decreased by 24.4% YoY. On the other hand, this has been compensated for by the ferrous metals transportation from Kazakhstan, which increased by…
Following the cave-in of the Stepnaya mine in the Lviv region the government commission will check 300 mining companies. “We are checking all the documents at 300 enterprises of the mining complex which are deemed dangerous”, the Vice Prime Minister Gennadiy Zubko said. The commission started operating on March 6. According to Zubko the Stepnaya…
The authorities of the Kemerovo region and the Taltech group have signed an agreement on the socio-economical cooperation in 2017. This year Taltech intends to increase coal output by 13.5%, to 4.2 million tons. Investments of 300 million rubles will be spent on engineering and construction of enterprises as well as the purchase of new…
The state owes salary only to the Lisichanskugol miners in Lugansk region. “At present except for the Lisichanskugol salary debt, which is 110 million UAH, there are no debts to state mines”, energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said. In early March Lvivugol miners threatened to stop supplying coal because of the salary debts…
In January-February Kuzbass region mined 37.3 million tons of coal, up by 5.7% YoY. Power-generating coal totaled 26.7 million tons, up by 7.2%, coking coal – 10.6 million tons, up by 1.9%. In particular, Raspadskaya Coal Company increased output by 0.6 million tons, Kiyzasskiy Open-pit Mine – by 0.5 million tons, SUEK-Kuzbass and Stroyservice –…
The warehouses of Sverdlovantrazit, Rovenkiantrazit and Komsomolets of Donbass Mine, situated on the occupied territories and taken over by the militants, stock some 430 thousand tons of anthracite. DTEK reported that it would watch for the illegal transportation and sale of the anthracite and stop it. “Any attempt to sell this coal is a crime.…
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk estimates Ukrainian thermal power plants’ demand for anthracite coal until the end of 2017 at 4.2 million tons. He announced the forecast at a Cabinet meeting on March 16. “We’re running four projects to minimize coal consumption. I’d like to tell you that we need only 4.2 million…