Ukraine imports 4 million tons of coal from the occupied territories of Donbass per year. “The vice-prime-minister on occupied territories deals with these deliveries. Our ministry is not engaged”, said the Ministry of energy and coal industry head Igor Nasalik. Due to the military conflict in Donbass Ukraine has lost access to most mines there.…
Electricity exports to Europe could stop at any time, resulting in the loss of sales markets for Ukrainian coal companies, those with mines in Lviv-Volyn region in particular. This will affect financial and social-economical situation in the coal industry of the whole country. According to the energy expert Valentin Zemlyansky, at present due to the…
Stepnaya mine of DTEK Mine Group Pervomayskoye has put a new long face into operation. The gas-generating coal reserves of 900 thousand tons will keep miners busy for the next 10 months. The company plans to mine on average 3100 tons of coal there. Investments into the long face machinery totaled 70 million UAH. (Ukrainian…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry head Igor Nasalik says coal price can still grow. “Coal price should meet European price. We seek to increase the price”, he said. According to him, the coal industry is suffering from the lack of financing. The ministry is working on state subsidies, management quality increase, but still…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry intends to close down 11 state mines. “We will shut down 11 mines. We have chosen 15 mines and can make them profitable; after that we will privatize them”, said the ministry head Igor Nasalik. The remaining 7 most profitable mines will remain in the state ownership. Last…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry supports the idea of implementing coal mining rent. “We do support this rent, but not at the moment – some time later”, said the minister Igor Nasalik. The ministry sees this idea as a way to finance profitless mines at the expense of highly profitable ones. “We take…
In 2016 Ukraine will not be buying coal from the South African Republic, said the head of the Ministry of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik. “We will stop buying coal. Under the current circumstances and taking into account our abilities, we no longer need to buy their coal”, said the minister. “Our stocks allow…
In January-March DTEK mined 7.2 million tons of coal, up by 5.8% YoY. According to the company statement, the output rise allowed processing factories to increase coal processing and concentrate manufacture – to 5.4 and 3.4 million tons respectively. In Q1 DTEK Rovenkiantrazit, DTEK Sverdlovantrazit and DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine anthracite output increased by 120.4%…