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).
Ukrainian energy-generating companies purchase around 40 thousand tons of anthracite coal daily from the terrorist-occupied mines of Donbass.
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.
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.
Russia supplies coal to Ukraine without any interruptions, said the energy minister deputy Anatoly Yanovsky.
In January-September Ukraine imported $1.25 billion worth of coal and anthracite.
State-owned Centreenergo has asked the court to invalidate the concession agreement of the Rovenkiantracit coal company between the Ministry of energy and coal industry and DTEK.
Krasnolimanskaya miners have supported the illegally fired acting director Konstantin Kiselev. The strike began in late September.