Indian energy company Tata Power has received a license to invest in a coal deposit on Russia’s Far East, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) Kirill Dmitriev reported on October 5. “We are actively working with several Indian companies on investments in Russia, including with Tata Power, which plans to develop actively the…
In September Ukraine produced almost 2.8 million tons of coal, down by 1.5% from the plan, the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. “In September coal mining enterprises of Ukraine of all forms of ownership produced 2,781,626 tons of coal. The…
The employees tax police of the State Fiscal Service have seized 1.8 thousand tons of illegally mined coal valued at over 5 million UAH. The coal has been seized and arrested under the criminal case on the illegal mining on the territory of Lugansk region. The investigation is underway. (Ukrainian metal)
Russia is considering the possibility of supplying coal to Turkey and other countries through Azerbaijan, First Deputy Managing Director of Russian Railways JSC Alexander Misharin said. “Railroad transportation between Azerbaijan and Russia grew by 18% YoY, and exceeded 6 million tons,” Misharin said. Speaking about the International North-South Transport Corridor (India-Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia-Kazakhstan), he noted that interest…
The Komsomolets Mine was the first enterprise of SUEK to fulfill the annual plan of the preparation works. Since the start of the year the mine has prepared 8110 meters. Because of the good preparation work, the enterprise was able to commission a new long face in time. The long face No. 1846 has the…
18 coal-processing factories will be constructed in Kemerovo region in 5 years, which will increase coal-processing volumes by 66.5 million tons and provide local population with 3.5 thousand jobs. At present 54 processing factories are operating in the region, having processed 161.6 million tons of coal in 2017, or 67% of all output. Kemerovo region…
The Krasnobrodskiy coal pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol has commissioned the first WK-20 excavator in the Kemerovo region. The machine has been produced by the Taiyuan Heavy Machinery Works, a part of AVIC. “The company already has experience in operating such excavators. 5 WK-35 excavators with the ladle volume of 35 cubic meters (two each at the…
In January-August Magadan region mined 261.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 9.1% YoY. At the same time, no coal was mined in July-August. There are 3 enterprises mining for coal in the region – Kolyma Coal Company LLC mined 185 thousand tons, up by 83% YoY; Association of Business Cooperation increased output by 17%,…