Ukraine: DTEK Dobropolyeugol losses reach 700 thousand tons
Dobropolyeugol coal extraction in January-July missed the targeted results by 31%, with coal losses exceeding 700 thousand tons.
Dobropolyeugol coal extraction in January-July missed the targeted results by 31%, with coal losses exceeding 700 thousand tons.
DTEK tries to take its anthracite coal from warehouses in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, and not import it.
Additional stocks of coal at mines total 400 thousand tons, said the fuel and energy minister Vladimir Demchyshin.
Ternovskaya mine has put the new 342 long face into operation with capacity of 220 thousand tons of coal.
Ukrainian thermal power station coal reserves grow daily by 20 thousand tons and have reached 1.6 million tons, said the energy and coal industry minister Vladimir Demchishyn.
From September 7 to September 14 DTEK increased coal stocks at its thermal power stations by 64.7 thousand tons.
The Ministry for energy and coal industry is prepared to buy coal from the Anti-terrorist operation zone at 1.1 thousand UAH per ton.
Ukraine has contracts to import 300 thousand tons of coal from Russia every month, said the minister for energy and coal industry Vladimir Demchyshin.