In 2016 miners of the Amur region yielded over 3.4 million tons of energy-generating coal, up by 100 thousand tons YoY. Amur coal is mined at Yerkovetsky and Severo-Vostochny open-pit mines and is supplied to Blagoveschensk thermal power plant, Raichikhinsk state district power plant and a number of housing enterprises. It was in Amur region…
In 2016 miners of the Stepnoy open-pit mine, a part of Russky Ugol (Russian Coal), yielded over 4.2 million tons of coal, up by 4% YoY. Last year the processing factory at Stepnoy processed 3.4 million tons of coal. In 2017 the factory will be reconstructed to increase capacity. (Ukrainian metal)
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik acknowledged that the so-called Rotterdam+ formula didn’t resolve the issue of the energy-generating coal deliveries. Earlier energy expert Andrei Gerus said that the formula didn’t live to its expectations. “Deliveries from LDPR haven’t ceased, we are still dependent on them. The heating season is again under…
In 2016 Ukraine mined 40.86 million tons of coal, up by 2.82% YoY, or by 1.12 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, energy-generating coal output increased by 3.45% YoY, or by 1.09 million tons, to 32.5 million tons, coking coal – by 0.44%, or by 36.28 thousand tons, to 8.36…
Ternovskaya mine has put a new long face into operation. Its length is 221 meters. The average daily coal output at the face is expected to exceed 2 thousand tons. The coal reserves at the face will last for 1.5 year. DTEK investments into the long face totaled 78.5 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2016 Russia exported 163.58 million tons of coal, up by 16.54% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy, in December 2016 coal exports totaled 14.238 million tons. Coal mining in December 2016 totaled 35.155 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine in 2016 imported coal and anthracite valued at $1.467 billion, in particular in December 2016 for $172.008 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied coal for $906.298 million, the United States for $212.11 million, Canada for $94.374 million, other countries for $254.308 million. Thus, in money terms imports of coal and anthracite…
Coal stocks in the warehouses of thermal power plants (TPP) of Ukraine from December 25, 2016 till January 2, 2017 increased by 3%, from 1.7 million tons to 1.751 million tons, Ukrenergo has reported. In particular, anthracite coal stocks grew by 1.6%, to 891,000 tons (including 128,000 tons at Luhansk TPP), while gas coal and…