CNBM International Corporation (China) is interested in privatizing the Novovolynskaya No. 10 mine. “I had a meeting with one of the largest Chinese companies, which was very interested in the privatization process of our mines, especially of Novovolynskaya No. 10 mine”, said the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik. “They have some 10 billion…
DTEK plans to make a separate company of its Rostov mines by October. According to DTEK CEO Maxim Timchenko, the deal is in the final stages. This will allow DTEK to decrease its credit pressure by over $400 million. DTEK will retain management and operational control over the mines, and the new company will also…
In January-August Kemerovo region companies mined 148.2 million tons of coal, up by 9% YoY, with 20.6 million tons mined in August, up by 2.6 million tons YoY. Output increase has been observed at SUEK-Kuzbass (by 8.8 million tons) and Kuzbassrazrezugol (by 0.5 million tons). On the other hand, Zarechnaya, Yuzhny Kuzbass and Raspadskaya Coal…
DTEK plans to increase coal output at its mines in the second half of 2016 by 3.5 million tons HoH. According to the company commercial director Vitaly Butenko, Ukraine’s thermal power plants need 1.5 million tons of gas coal per month, with DTEK supplying 1.2-1.25 million tons. Because of the increase in investments DTEK will…
Alexander Vladychenko has won the competition for the office of the Ministry of energy and coal industry coal department director. Previously he worked as the general director and the chairman of the supervisory board of Belozerskaya mine, deputy director and chairman of Mine Group Donbass as well as the executive director of Ukrexpert. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the Independent miners union of Ukraine, the state owes 890 million UAH to miners, or $33.4 million. Earlier the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik claimed the debt was 355 million UAH ($13.3 million). “This is not true, as some state-run coal companies still have December 2015 salary debts. According to…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has developed a program that presupposes the reforming of the state coal industry until 2020 valued at 25.28 billion UAH. Of this sum 10.57 billion UAH will be provided from the state budget. Direct investments to cover differences between the prime cost of coal and sale price at…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry acknowledges the debt of 355 million UAH to the state miners. “Today the salary debt amounts to 355 million UAH, that’s slightly more than the monthly salary fund”, said the ministry head Igor Nasalik. In August around 400 million UAH was spent on clearing salary debts, he added.…