Verkhovna Rada has approved a bill on prohibition of liquidation of state enterprises in the sphere of energy by imposing a moratorium on their bankruptcy. According to the MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak, the bill was supported by 251 peoples’ deputies. “The document aims to prevent liquidation of state coal-extracting enterprises and the state enterprise Skhidniy Mining…
In 2024 Ukraine increased coal imports 2.7-fold YoY, to 1.812 million tons. According to the State Customs Service, in monetary terms imports grew 2.2-fold, to $402.21 million. USA supplied $98.868 million worth of coal (24.58% of the total), Australia – $97.794 million (24.31%), the Czech Republic – $69.527 million (17.29%) and other countries – $136.03…
In 2024, JSC “Uzbekcoal” achieved a record-breaking milestone, exceeding 6.7 million tons of coal production for the first time. This significant accomplishment was largely driven by contributions from its branches: the Angren Coal Deposit (over 5.5 million tons), the Apartak Coal Deposit (over 1.2 million tons) and the Underground Coal Mining Shaft. The production figures…
Mines are being shut down on the temporarily occupied territories of Lugansk region, which affects operation of the heating infrastructure. “Due to the lack of “A” grade coal, the thermal power plant in the town of Schastya had to switch to gas during the current autumn-winter season. The decision was approved by the Russian ministry…
Entrepreneurs complain about the lack of wagons for coal export to Uzbekistan, MP Yrysbek Atazhanov has reported at a meeting of Mekenchil parliamentary group. According to him, representatives of Kyrgyz companies addressed the MPs. “They say that there is a lack of wagons. Create conditions for entrepreneurs. Taxes will be paid, jobs will be created.…
On November 7, the Commercial Court of Donetsk region declared one of three coal factories of the arrested businessman Vitaliy Kropachov, the Ukraina factory in Ukrainsk, bankrupt. The town of Ukrainsk was occupied by Russian invaders a couple of weeks ago, but the factory encountered problems much earlier. The bankruptcy case was launched in 2020,…
Law enforcers discovered and stopped the operation of a criminal organization that in 2021-2024 was illegally extracting and selling coal. According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, in September 2021, the criminals seized the territory of a mine in Donetsk region. Coal was extracted without special permit and sold via a number of enterprises to the…
Uzbekistan produced 5.3 million tons of coal from January through September. The data from the Statistic Agency showed that coal production increased by 20.4% YoY. The country’s coal production reached 1 million tons in September, up from 900,000 tons in August. (Trend)