Ukraine: Lviv-Volyn basin stops shipping coal

The state enterprise Lvivugol has reported on the complete halt of coal purchases from the Lviv-Volyn region. Since September 2015 there has been a mechanism of mutual purchases of coal between Centerenergo and DTEK. To decrease transportation costs Centerenergo bought coal from DTEK Pavlogradugol and DTEK Dobropolyeugol, while the coal from the Lviv-Volyn basin was…

Russia: Zabaykalye coal output up in 2017

Coal output in Zabaykalye region last year reached 21.3 million tons, up by 2.4% YoY. According to the regional Ministry of Nature, Razrez Tugnuysky, Razrez Kharanorsky, Priargunskoye Mining and Chemical Enterprise, Chitaugol and Arctic Developments are the leaders of the industry. In 2016 the region mined 20.8 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)

Russia: Elgaugol output up in 2017

Elgaugol, a part of Mechel, in 2017 mined 4.2 million tons of coal, up by 12% YoY. “We were able to increase output mostly thanks to the new machinery and the program of capital repairs. In 2018 we plan to increase output to 5.3 million tons. For this we will purchase new machines”, Mechel-Mining mining…

Russia: Kuzbass coal output up in 2017

In 2017 Kuzbass coal output increased by 6.2% YoY, to 241.5 million tons, including 65 million tons of coking coal and 176.5 million tons of power-generating coal. The regional factories last year processed 161.6 million tons of coal, up by 1.8 million tons YoY, including 59.1 million tons of power-generating coal (33% of the total…

Russia: Kuzbassrazrezugol coal output up in 2017

In 2017 Kuzbassrazrezugol mined over 46.3 million tons of coal, up by 4.5% YoY. In particular, coking coal mining reached 6.2 million tons. Sales totaled 42 million tons, up by 5.7% YoY, with 29.5 million tons (70.2% of the total volume) exported. 12.6 million tons were supplied to the domestic market. The company factories processed…

Russia: Yakutia coal output up

In 2017 the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) mined 16.82 million tons of coal, up by 41.5% from the 2013 results. The increase has to do with the investment projects, in particular, of Kolmar – at $1 billion. At first the company mine coking coal and sold it as power-generating coal at low price. But then…