In January-September Ukraine decreased coal imports by 4.4% YoY, to 14.951 million tons valued at $2.089 billion, down by 4.7%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.217 billion worth of coal (58.27%), USA – $667.294 million (31.94%), Kazakhstan – $94.992 million (4.55%) and other countries – $109.626 million (5.25%). At the same time,…
In January-September DTEK Energo LLC mined 16.5 million tons of coal. Every month DTEK mines extract some 1.8 million tons of coal. At the same time, in January-September 2018 DTEK mined 19.9 million tons of coal, down by 4.9% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Six people were poisoned by carbon monoxide and died in mines in Kyzyl-Kiya and Sulyukta cities of Batken region, Ministry of Emergency Satiations of Kyrgyzstan reported. Three men mined coal at Abduhakar-Ken mine in Sulyukta on October 5. Six rescuers left for the place, they delivered the injured to the hospital, but they died. “The…
The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation is set to have doubled coal exports by 2035, Deputy Minister of Energy Anatoly Yanovsky, said at the Russian Energy Week International Forum. According to the speaker, the growth of coal prices and demand attributes to the relevance of the Strategy and Program for Russia’s Coal Industry…
Russia has blocked deliveries of power-generating coal to Ukraine via Belarus. According to the chairman of the Independent Miners’ Union and a member of the Batkivschina party Mikhail Volynets, the situation with stocking power coal for winter has already been unsatisfactory, but now it could become catastrophic. Some 300-400 thousand tons of Russian coal used…
In January-September Uskovskaya mine extracted 2 million tons of coal, including 1.7 million tons from the long face 50-20, and the rest from the face 50-22. When the face 50-22 is developed, the miners will turn to the long face 52-04. Next year the long face 48-8 will be commissioned. This is the fourth mine…
The new owner of the Tkibuli mines, Steel International Trade Company, has fully paid the salaries of miners formerly on strike demanding back pay, announced Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava. Turnava noted that she personally was in communication with miners and the new company. She also said that reopening the coalmines and building a thermal…
In 2019 coal output could grow by 1.1%, to 445 million tons, according to a forecast of social-economic development for 2020 and 2021-2022. In 2024 the expected output could be 510 million tons and in 2022 – 483 million tons. In 2018 Russia exported 196.8 million tons of coal, including 23 million tons of coking…