In January-September the Siberian Coal Energy Company mined 78.9 million tons of coal, up by 15% YoY. Sales went up by 5% YoY, to 74.1 million tons. Sales on the local market remained on the last year levels. Russian consumers received 36.1 million tons of coal, with 29.2 million tons going to power plants. Foreign…
In January-September Yakutugol, a part of Mechel, mined 7.5 million tons of coal, up by 11% YoY. All the group companies have demonstrated increase in output. In particular, Neryugrinsky open-pit coal mine yielded 7 million tons of coal, up by 11% YoY. Kangalassky open-pit mine yielded 145 thousand tons of coal, up by 16%. Jebariki-Khaya…
In Q 3 DTEK Energo mined 7.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 29% QoQ. The increase allows the company to satisfy the growing needs of thermal power plants in fuel. Coal output also increased by 10.5% YoY. Fuel demand increase in summer made the group review its plans on coalmining. So in H2…
Russian steelmaker Severstal’s coal production unit Vorkutaugol is evacuating workers from the Zapolarnaya mine because the carbon monoxide level has exceeded the norm, the company said in a statement. “In accordance with the safety rules, the workers on the shift are being lifted to the surface. Emergency Ministry troops are investigating the mine. There were…
DTEK Pervomayskoye Mine Group has put into operation a new long face with 430 thousand tons of coal. The length of the face is 280 meters. Coal deposits will be enough for 8 months. Since the year start Pervomayskoye Mine Group has put 2 long faces into operation. The group annual coal target is 3.3…
On October 10, the mine named after Skochinsky, situated near the military zone, put into operation a new long face with 493 thousand tons of coal deposits. “The length of the face is 238 meters, the thickness of the layer is 1.5 meters, and the deposits are estimated at 493 thousand tons. We plan to…
In January-September enterprises of the Krasnoyarskkrayugol mined 3.9 million tons of coal, up by 231 thousand tons from the target figure. The companies are steadily increasing their capacities. This year Krasnoyarskkrayugol plans to mine 6 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
Lviv regional state administration evaluates the modernization of all its mines at 1 billion UAH. “To modernize all mines, long faces, etc. we need 1 billion UAH”, Rostislav Zamlynsky, deputy head of the Lviv regional state administration, reported. According to him, the administration has already created a list of mines that need to be modernized…
