Coal stocks in warehouses of thermal power plants (TPP) in Ukraine in the period from February 12 to February 19, decreased by 1.6% (by 24,000 tons), from 1.53 million tons to 1.506 million tons. According to Ukrenergo, in particular anthracite coal reserves during this period decreased by 4.8% (by 40,000 tons,) to 802,000 tons (including…
Instead of the anthracite coal from the uncontrolled territories Ukraine could import it from Russia or South African Republic, but in this case it would be twice expensive. “We could find alternative sources at once. But what do we change? We could import Kuzbass coal, but pay Russian miners instead of our own. And instead…
The Kaltan open-pit mine yielded the 100-millionth ton of coal. This is the result of Osinikovskoye and Kaltansky field miners operation since each field has been put into operation. The Kaltan open-put mine was created in 2009 by merging Kaltansky open-pit and Osinnikovsky open-pit. The first ton of Osinnikovsky coal was mined in 1980, and…
In January Kuzbass region mined 18.7 million tons of coal, up by 6.3% YoY. According to the regional coal industry department, energy coal mining reached 13.3 million tons, up by 3.9% YoY, coking coal – 5.4 million tons, up by 12.5% YoY. SUEK-Kuzbass increased output by 0.6 million tons YoY, Kiyzassk and Novokuznetsk site of…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is pondering the possibility of buying anthracite coal from other countries, in particular from South Africa, China or Australia. “We will have a state stock. Money is given to create the state stocks of anthracite coal. But the options are few: South Africa, Australia and China”, the minister of…
In 2016 coalmining enterprises of the Sakhalin region yielded around 7 million tons of coal, up by 27% YoY. Vostochnaya Mining Company (VGK) mined the most – 4 million tons (3.7 million tons in 2015). 4.65 million tons of coal was exported to the Asian-Pacific countries, up by 16% YoY. South Korea imported 2 million…
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has instructed the country’s government to urgently take exhaustive measures to neutralize the threats to Ukraine’s energy security. The relevant NSDC decision, dated February 16, was enacted by the presidential decree No. 37/2017 published on the Ukrainian president’s official site. “The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers is forthwith to…
Ukraine has blocked the exports of anthracite coal for the period of the emergency state in the energy system. According to the Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman, the decision has been taken following the blockade of railroad transportation to and from the temporarily occupied regions, where the anthracite coal is mined. The emergency state…