Tajikistan: coal output hits record in 2017

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…

Ukraine: DTEK gas coal output up in 2017

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…

Ukraine: coal mining down in 2017

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…

Russia: Kemerovo region to get new coal pit

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…