Ukraine: Donetsk region metal output up in September 2015
In January-September Donetsk region (without the antiterrorist operation zone) decreased its industrial output by 41.1%. At the same time September results were 16.9% better YoY.
Ukraine: black coal stocks up in September 2015
As of October 1, Ukraine (without the temporarily occupied Crimea and the ATO zone) stocks of black coal increased by 13.6% YoY, to 6749.4 thousand tons.
Ukraine: DTEK Pavlogradskoe Mine Group mined 3 million tons of coal
Pavlogradskoe Mine Group has mined its 3rd million tons of coal one month earlier.
Ukraine: court to take Akhmetov’s mine
The Higher Economic Court of Kiev could invalidate the concession of the DTEK Rovenkiantracit. Centrenergo filed the case to the company and the Ministry for energy and coal industry of Ukraine.
Ukraine: Stepnaya mine implements the world’s first technique of safe rock transportation
Stepnaya mine, a part of DTEK Pervomayskoye Mine Group, has introduced a new technique of safe transportation of the rock with the help of hanging diesel-hydraulic engines and containers with bottom offloading. The trial samples of containers have been designed and produced at Ferrit (Czech republic).
Ukraine: energy companies suffering losses at coal imports
Ukrainian energy-generating companies purchase around 40 thousand tons of anthracite coal daily from the terrorist-occupied mines of Donbass.
Ukraine: share of coal imports grows
In January-September coal imports from Russia fell by 31% YoY, to 3.7 million tons. In September Russia supplied 902 thousand tons of coal.
Ukraine: SAR coal to arrive by December 2015
Deliveries of the South African coal for Ukrainian thermal power stations, that have been experiencing shortages of it due to the military activity in Donbass, are expected at the end of November.