Turkey is interested in privatizing Ukrainian mines and is prepared to invest into coal industry development. “We had an interesting meeting with our Turkish partners. They can help us financially to revive the industry. They also plan to take an active part in our mine privatization”, said the energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik.…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry intends to have presented a plan on coal deliveries from Donbass in 2-3 weeks. “We need such a financing procedure, which will make it clear where the money goes. That’s without VAT. We’re working on the mechanism”, said the ministry head Igor Nasalik. (Ukrainian metal)
In March salary debts to miners were 70-75% cleared. Salary debts have been partially cleared at Selidovugol and Volynugol. Lvivugol received 17.2 million UAH from the state and decided to spend 10 million UAH from coal sales to pay salary, so, it was able to clear 88% of the debt. Krasnoarmeyskugol miners still haven’t received…
In January-April Ukraine mined 13.51 million tons of power-generating and coking coal, up by 9% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, state mines yielded 2.1 million tons, or 15.6% of the total volume. State mines output fall reached 6.8%. In April Ukraine mined 3.48 million tons of coal, with 501.4 thousand…
The head of Donetsk regional military-civilian administration Pavel Zhebrivsky has visited the state mine 1/3 Novogrodovskaya, where a new breakage face has been put into operation. The project cost 17 million UAH. The administration plans to mine 2 thousand tons of coal per day. The reserves will last till December. (Ukrainian metal)
Total closing of state mines is out of question, says the new minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Igor Nasalik.
The newly appointed minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik has promised to visit Novovolynsk as he intends to keep the coal industry in the region.
Beginning with April 11, without the official statement, DTEK Zapadenergo decreased acceptance of state coal from 3 thousand tons to 800-900 thousand tons per day.
