In January-February Ukraine mined 5.1 million tons of coal, down by 4.4% YoY. According to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry, coking coal output dropped by 18.1%, to 872.8 thousand tons, and energy-generating coal – by 1%, to 4.23 million tons. In February coal mining went down by 7%, to 2.49 million tons. Enterprises…
On March 1, the 470-millionth ton of coal was mined at the Nazarovsky pit, since the enterprise has been put into operation. Last year the output totaled 3.5 million tons, exceeding the target. The 450-millionth ton was produced in 2013. Nazarovsky pit started operating 68 years ago – in 1951. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2018 Russky Ugol increased coal sales by 100 thousand tons. The coal mined in Amur region is supplied to the local market. In particular, the company sold 3.5 million tons of coal mined at the Yerkovetsky and Severo-Vostochniy pits. In 2017 sales were on the level of 3.4 million tons. (Ukrainian metal)
While discussing the coal industry development, the President of Uzbekistan ordered the Ministry of Finances and Energy to optimize coal prices in order to improve the industry profitability and cover investment expenses. Even with the high potential of the coal deposits, the plans to mine coal have not been met lately. The technical and technological…
Coal produced in Russia-occupied Donbas, Eastern Ukraine, is shipped not only to Russia but also to Turkey and countries in Europe, namely the European Union member states, without the latter’s knowing that, as shipping documents are falsified to show that the coal is of allegedly Russian origin. “This does not mean that these countries intentionally…
The Belarusian news outlet Naviny reported on companies that were behind Russian coal supplies from Belarus to Ukraine, as was earlier reported that Ukraine last year boosted imports of anthracite coal from Belarus, which was not mined there. According to the publication, mainly lean coal originating from the Kiyzassky open-pit mine, managed by businessman Dmitry…
In 2018 DTEK exported 486.3 thousand tons of coal, down by 35% YoY. All coal is exported by Obukhovskaya Mine Group. The decrease has to do with the growth of the sales to the Ukrainian market to minimize the anthracite coal shortage. Last year DTEK supplied 1.5 million tons of anthracite to Ukraine, up by…
In January the Far Eastern Railroad transported 1.5 million tons of coal, down by 12% YoY. Last year coal transportation dropped by 5.5%, to 17.8 million tons. At the same time iron ore concentrate transportation grew by 88.9%, to 60 thousand tons. In the whole 2018, 664 thousand tons of concentrate were transported, up by…
