According to the coal industry department of the Kemerovo region, the Kuzbass Fuel Company is repairing two of its processing factories at the Vinogradovsky open-pit mine. The overhaul will see the assembly of more productive equipment, increasing the processing at both factories from 6 million tons of coal per year to 9 million tons. And…
In October Vostochny port (Primorsky Krai) shipped 1.78 million tons of coal, up by 7% YoY. In 10 months the port transshipped 19.6 million tons of coal, up by 3.4% YoY. The port served 38 ships in October, with 438 in 10 months. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Ukraine imported $1169.71 million worth of coal and anthracite, with $129.08 million in October. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $742.93 million worth of coal, USA – $168.54 million, Australia – $73.34 million, and other countries – $184.87 million. The total weight of coal imported reached 13.1 million tons. At the…
In 2015-2016 Ukraine hasn’t spent anything on industrial safety at state-run coalmines. The 2017-budget doesn’t stipulate any money either. “Mining output decreases, while accidents at mine increase. This year saw twice as much miners killed than last year”, the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets said. In early October supplies of self-rescuers to state mines…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman says that in the state budget for 2017 the government sets 1.8 billion UAH for mine restructuring and salary payments. He also supports the construction of Novovolynskaya No.10 mine. “If we can finish construction with 200-300 million UAH, let’s do it. This issue is very important”, he said. (Ukrainian metal)
Around 50 miners from Novovolynskaya mine No. 10 went on a hungry strike demanding their salary debts to be cleared. The miners haven’t been paid for 3 months. Other miners join them. They also demand to renew financing of the mine construction and the immediate arrival of the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik.…
At present Ukraine gets some coal from mines on the occupied Donbass territories that pay taxes to the state. According to the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik, Ukraine consumes 24 million tons of anthracite coals, with some 2.9 million tons produced at unoccupied territories. All the rest is supplied from mines in the…
The Yuzny trade seaport has received the vessel with 79 thousand tons of anthracite from the South African Republic. The delivery was timely. All the coal is intended for Pridneprovskaya thermal power plant. Unloading will take 3 days. (Ukrainian metal)