In November Russia supplied some 280 thousand tons of coal illegally taken from the occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to Europe, up by 18.6% MoM, or by 44 thousand tons. The largest exporters of Donbass coal are companies, controlled to the fugitive Ukrainian businessman Sergey Kurchenko. In particular, in October his two companies…
In 2018 Ukraine intends to invest 2.5 billion UAH in modernization of coal enterprises. “We’re switching to the management mode, when every mine is responsible for its efficiency. Restructuring the industry will let the country save some 1.5 billion UAH”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik said. Still until the document on…
In January-November Ukraine mined 31.964 million tons of coal, down by 13.6% YoY, or by 5.044 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, energy-generating coal output dropped by 12%, or by 3.55 million tons, to 25.758 million tons, while coking coal – by 19%, or by 1.489 million tons, to 6.206…
In January-November Chukotka Autonomous District mined 406 thousand tons of coal, up 1.8-fold YoY. Only two companies mine for coal in the region. The Shakhta Ugolnaya company, developing the Anadyr deposits, mined 183 thousand tons of coal, down by 19% YoY. At the same time Beringpromugol LLC, developing the Fandyushkinskoye field deposits since December 2016,…
The Genco Raptor bulker with 75,000 tons of coal from South Africa for DTEK arrived in the Yuzhny port overnight December 10 into December 11 morning, the press service of the DTEK energy holding has reported. “The entire amount of coal will be sent to DTEK Kriviy Rih thermal power plant. Coal stocks at the…
Ukraine this year would reduce anthracite consumption to 5 million tons, which is almost 50% less than the figure for the previous year, the press service of the government has reported, referring to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion. “If earlier we consumed over 9 million tons of anthracite coal a year, at the…
In January-November Ukraine imported 17.376 million tons of coal valued at $2431.05 million. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1370.08 million worth of coal (56.36%), USA – $603.79 million (24.84%), Canada – $149.86 million (6.16%), and other countries – $307.3 million (12.64%). At the same time Ukraine exported some $54.828 million worth of…
Vostsibugol has started industrial development of Nygdinskaya site and intends to mine some 60 thousand tons of coal in December. The coal mined will be processed at the Kasyanovskaya factory or sent directly to local consumers. Vostsibugol won the auction to develop the site in 2013, having paid 2.85 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
