In January-July Ukraine extracted 17.87 million tons of coal, down by 6.6% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 8.9%, to 3.299 million tons, and power-generating coal – by 6.1%, to 14.57 million tons. In July coal output decreased by 4.4%, to 2.529 million tons. Enterprises subordinate…
Construction of a 4.8-gigawatt (GW) thermal power plant and an open-pit mine at the Yerkovetskoye coal field with a projected capacity of 25 million tons per year will cost 289.8 billion rubles, the Energy Ministry said in its 2035 draft coal industry program. The project’s deadline was set in 2021, but the draft also included…
The Mine named after Tikhov has shipped the first train of coal via the new railroad. Investments in the infrastructure creation totaled some 1 billion rubles. In particular, Proektnaya station and the Tikhov station have been built, as well as 8.8 km of railroad. With the new infrastructure the mine will be able to annually…
As of August 1 Chukotka Autonomous District has extracted 295 thousand tons of coal. 11 teams were extracting alluvial gold, having obtained 957.2 kg. 5 more companies mined 13.27 tons of ore gold. Silver output totaled 63 tons. The largest extractor was Chukotka Mining and Geological Company – its Kupol deposit output since the start…
Growing dependency of the Russian coal industry on exports creates risks, as the external markets are volatile, president Vladimir Putin told governors of the country’s coal-producing regions on August 22. “Our consumption grew to 180 million tons last year, but we exported 210 million tons. The growing dependency on the external markets creates threats and…
Global trends on switch to low-carbon and “green” economy directly affect the volume of coal consumption in Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development reported. “Notwithstanding this fact the coal industry goes on being one of the most important resource spheres of economy. The share of coal industry to country’s GDP amounts to 0.3%,…
In January-July deliveries of coking coal to by-product coke plants decreased by 2%, to 8.28 million tons, including 1.83 million tons of local coals (+17%) and 6.45 million tons of imported coal (-6%). The share of imports dropped to 77.9% from 81.4% in January-July 2018. In July coal deliveries grew by 22%, to 1.18 million…
Russian coal supplies to Ukraine dropped by 85.3% YoY, to 12,300 tons in June after the government introduced a permissive export procedure. The majority of exporters ceased shipments in the direction, while part of supplies, judging by the statistics data, was redirected bypass through Belarus. From June 1 Russian companies can supply coal to Ukraine…