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…
The Russia-supported militants of the so-called Makeevka administration report that as the result of the “shelling” Scheglovskaya-Glubokaya mine is left without electricity, three schools and a kindergarten are damaged. 163 miners have been evacuated. There were no casualties. On the other hand, according to other officials on the separatist territory, it was not shelling, but…
The city of Lisichansk hosted the meeting of the coalmining companies of the region. The main topic was the way out of the situation at the coalmining companies. In particular the meeting discussed salary debts, low state support and increase of the social tension among miners. As well as the ways of solving all these…
The energy-generating companies of the thermal power plants need 340 thousand tons of coal to meet the goal stipulated by the Ministry of energy and coal mining. In particular the companies are 160 thousand tons short of anthracite coals and 180 thousand tons of gas-generating coals. According to the stocking plan, as of November 1,…