In 2017 Tajikistan mined 1.7 million tons of coal, having set a record. 18 enterprises mine for coal in the republic. The 4 largest promised to mine 1.5 million tons of coal. Other companies obtained some 200 thousand tons. For the past four years Tajikistan has been mining record-high volumes of coal: 870 thousand tons…
Uralmashzavod has completed the final stage of dragline 11/75 shipping. The corresponding contract with VostokUgol (Novosibirsk region) was signed in October 2016. The machine will be operating at the Vostochniy pit and is expected to start working in Q1. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 DTEK Energo enterprises mined 22.9 million tons of gas coal, up by 8.2% YoY. According to the group statement, in December 2017 DTEK Pavlogradugol and DTEK Dobropolyeugol mined around 2 million tons of gas coal, up by 2.1% YoY. Last year DTEK Pavlogradugol extracted 20.1 million tons of coal. In 2018 DTEK Energo…
In 2017 Ukraine mined 34.92 million tons of coal, down from 40.86 million tons in 2016. The Ministry of energy and coal industry mines obtained 4.83 million tons of coal. The mining plan (5.75 million tons) was 84.2% fulfilled. In 2016 the state mines yielded 5.79 million tons of coal with the target of 7.27…
Licenses for the exploration and development of two brown coal deposits in Kadamdzhai district of Batken region were put up for auction, according to the website of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use. The State Committee offers are to those wishing to develop Uch-Korgon deposit and engage in geological exploration of Yuzhniy…
This year Novokuznetsk district will open a new coal pit in addition to 24 coalmining enterprises already operating. The pit will be commissioned by Energia-NK and it will be situated on the Bingiro-Listvaynsky site, not far from the Mikhailovka village. Its project capacity is 1 million tons of coal per year. The pit will operate…
China Railway Tunnel Group has started work on the investment project to modernize the Shargunkumir Company. The investment project presupposes the increase of the company capacity to 900 thousand tons of coal per year. The Chinese company will clear 10 old mines and create a 2227-meters long tunnel. The total cost of the project is…
In 2017 Ukraine imported 19.8 million tons of coal valued at $2.7 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.552 billion worth of coal (56.57%), USA – $682.01 million (24.85%), Canada – $182.2 million (6.64%) and other countries – $327.65 million (11.94%). Exports mostly went to Russia – $57.475 million (54.48%), Slovakia –…