Ukraine: terrorists claiming coal deliveries resumed
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has renewed coal supplies to Kiev.
The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic has renewed coal supplies to Kiev.
In January-September coal mining in Ukraine due to the military activities in Donbass fell almost twice YoY, from 53.4 million tons to 29.64 million tons.
The Ministry for energy and coal industry wants the International Monetary Fund, Ukraine’s key creditor, to help reform the coal industry, which has been suffering from the lack of the budget support for over a year.
In January-August Ukraine imported $1121.34 million worth of anthracite and black coal, including $138.11 million in August.
The head of the Lviv region state administration Oleg Sinyutka, Lvivugol representatives and Lviv region coal industry trade union have discussed the debts to the Lviv miners.
On September 24-25, DTEK Pridneprovskaya Thermal Power Station received its first 300 railroad cars of anthracite – 20 thousand tons. The company tries to do its best to start the heating season in Dniepropetrovsk in time.
The Ministry for Internal Affairs has stopped illegal deliveries of coal from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk region.
A large batch of coal from the South-African Republic will arrive in November, promised the energy minister Vladimir Demchyshin.