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…