Ukraine: occupied territories coal output in October 2016

In October the mines situated on the territory of Russia-supported terrorist organization Donetsk People’s Republic mined 1.03 million tons of coal. In particular, the DPR Ministry of coal and energy-controlled mines yielded 512.47 thousand tons of coal. Donbass Mine Group yielded 125.5 thousand tons of coal, Torezantrazit – 108 thousand tons, and Shakhterskantrazit – 95.2…

Ukraine: coal output to double

“In a year and a half we intend to double coal output in Ukraine”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik announced. All the salary debts to miners will be cleared by January 1, 2017, he added. “The ministry has fulfilled its obligations on settling salary payments, and we expect miners to honor…

Kazakhstan: Vostochnaya Processing Factory produces 250 thousand tons of coal concentrate

Vostochnaya Processing Factory produced around 250 thousand tons of coal concentrate after the modernization completion. This is the record high result in the whole history of the factory. Modernization cost totaled 6 billion tenge. “Our main consumer is, of course, ArcelorMittal Temirtau. But we also supply concentrate to Ukraine (Kriviy Rih) and Russia (Altai-koks and…