In January-October, Kazakhstan extracted 92.6 million tons of coal, up by 1.6% YoY. Pavlodar region accounted for the most output – 53.7 million tons or 58%, down by 0.5%. Karaganda region (31.4 million tons, +1.5%) and East-Kazakhstan region (7 million tons, +15.2%) were in the top-3. In monetary terms output totaled 291.7 billion tenge. Exports…
In September-October, DTEK purchased 278 thousand tons of coal for the operation of its heating plants in autumn-winter. “Gas coal is purchased under contracts with Poland (340 thousand tons) and Kazakhstan. Soon we expect deliveries of coal from the USA – 225 thousand tons,” the company said. DTEK is also negotiating additional imports of coal.…
Because of the growing prices of coking coal, provision of by-product coke plants decreased by 15% in September. This resulted in the drop in the production of steel and pig iron leading to the increase of steel prime cost. In January-August, by-product coke plants received 8.63 million tons of coking coal, down by 1.1% YoY,…
In January-July, Kazakhstan extracted 62.8 million tons of coal, down by 0.5% YoY. Pavlodar region produced 37.2 million tons, down by 2.3%, Karaganda – 21.1 million tons and East-Kazakhstan region – 4.2 million toms. Kazakhstan exported 16 million tons of coal valued at $254.9 million, up by 29.2% and by 31.9% YoY respectively. Exports to…
The Samsonovskaya-Zapadnaya mine has been on fire for two days near Krasnodon, situated in the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia. The fire started underground on June 14. There were no casualties. All the miners were able to evacuate. Before the Russian occupation, the mine was a part of…
Authorities of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, have decided to shut down three coalmines. In particular, the mine named after Cosmonauts in the town of Rovenki will be closed. Until 2014, it was a part of DTEK Rovenkiantrazit. The reserves of the mine amount to some 7-10…
In January-September, Chukotka extracted over 560 thousand tons of coal at the Fandyushkinskoye Field deposit, up by 22% YoY. The district mined 18.6 tons of gold, down by 0.9%, and 79 million tons of silver, down by 7%. Alluvial gold enterprises extracted 1864 kg of gold, down by 363 kg. (Ukrainian metal)
During 6 years of existence of the so-called Lugansk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, around 35 thousand jobs in the coal sector were liquidated. Some 22 coal mines have been shut down in the region. Many settlements have lost their major enterprises. (Ukrainian metal)