In May Ukraine will produce 2.2 million tons of steel, 2.1 million tons of pig iron and 1.9 million tons of rolled metal, according to Metallurgprom. For April its figures were as follows: steel – 2.1 million tons, pig iron – 2 million tons, rolled metal – 1.8 million tons.
In January-March Ukraine mined 10 million tons of coal, up by 6.4% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in March coal output totaled 3.4 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
DTEK Ternovskoye Mine Group was the second among other DTEK mine groups to yield 1 million tons of coal since the beginning of the year.
Rolf Petri of Berlin Relations GmbH has presented the project of coal industry reforming to the Donetsk region administration.
In January-March Ukraine imported $353.5 million worth of coal, down by 12.7% YoY.
DTEK Pershotravenskoye MG is assembling the electric part of the lifting machine at the vent shaft of the Yubileynaya #3 mine. For the past 6 years DTEK has invested 165 million UAH in the construction of the new mine. This year it will spend 38 million UAH on construction.
Ukrainian government has passed the decree #3813 on making changes to the addendum to the Decree of Ukraine #3 “On the State Budget of Ukraine in 2016” as to the state support of state coal companies.
Ternovskaya mine has put into operation a new long face with over 1 million tons of coal. This will be enough until mid 2017.
