Ukraine: OSCE confirms coal removal to Russia
The OSCE mission observers at the border posts Donetsk and Hukovo (both in Russia) have witnessed coal removal from Lugansk region to Russia.
The OSCE mission observers at the border posts Donetsk and Hukovo (both in Russia) have witnessed coal removal from Lugansk region to Russia.
A new long face has been put into operation at the Yubileynaya mine at Pershotravenskoye Mine Group.
The Ministry for energy and coal industry together with the State Property Fund are working on the matter of mines privatization.
Salary debts to state miners now total 1 billion UAH.
Ukrainian government says it plans to start buying coal from the South African Republic and Kazakhstan again, to live through the next heating season.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine intends to give 2 billion UAH to energy companies to buy coal.
In the first quarter of 2015 companies of DTEK mined 6.8 million tons of coal, down by 34.6% YoY.
According to the ex-head of the Donetsk Regional State Administration Sergey Taruta, flooded mines of Gorlovka and Artemovsk are beyond repair.