In 2017, 12.5 million tons of Kazakhstan coal were shipped for utility needs. “In 2017 coal production was higher by 8.3% than in 2016. 12.5 million tons were supplied for household and utility needs”, said Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev when visiting Pavlodar region. According to Bozumbayev, in Kazakhstan there is a stable growth of…
In 2017 Shubarcol Komir mined 10.45 million tons of coal, including 3.3 million tons for the household needs of the population, up by 100 thousand tons YoY. The company is the main supplier of social coal. One third of coal for household needs is produced there. This year Shubarcol intends to mine some 12 million…
Uzbekistan plans to increase coal production to 11.1 million tons by 2021 to meet the needs of the population and industry. The Uzbek Ministry of Economy announced the approval of the Program for the further development and modernization of the coal Industry for 2017-2021. Given that in 2017 the volume of coal mining amounted to…
The state commission has put into operation a new long face at the Zapadno-Donbasskaya mine. This is the second long face commissioned at the Ternovka Mine Group this year. It will provide the miners with work until April 2019, allowing them to obtain 800 thousand tons of coal. The length of the long face is…
A 25-year-old man died in a collapsed mine in Kara-Tyt village, Aksy district of Jalal-Abad region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported. According to it, the resident of a village located near the pit illegally mined coal when it collapsed. Rescuers of the ministry took out the body and handed it over to relatives. (24.kg/Ukrainian…
In 2018 Russkiy Ugol intends to increase coal output at the Sayano-Partizansky pit in Krasnoyarsk region by 20% YoY. For the first time in 27 years the pit will yield 1 million tons of coal. Last year the output totaled 842 thousand tons of coal, up by 7% YoY and by 4% from the plan.…
There is a conflict growing between militants of the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, terrorist organizations created and supported by Russia, because of the coal deliveries to Zuyevskaya Thermal Power Plant, which could result in the complete halt of the plant and bring about a power crisis on the Russia-seized territories. “The warehouses of…
Tata Power’s victory at an auction for a 25-year license for the Krutogorovsky coalfield in the Kamchatka region will become India’s biggest investment in Russia’s Far East, India’s Ambassador to Russia Pankaj Saran said. “Negotiations on the project began several years, ago and I am glad that the company has won a license to develop…
