In October consumption of anthracite in Ukraine dropped by 30%, or by 300 thousand tons. According to the vice-prime minister Vladimir Kistion, 100 thousand tons have been saved thanks to the warm October and 200 thousand tons because of the switch of thermal power plants to the gas-coal. Kistion is sure that next year the…
Evraz might get competitors in the purchase of Sibuglemet, which it has been managing since 2015. In December VEB will hold a competition to manage the holding in Kemerovo region. It had to be hold in summer, but was postponed due to no interest except for on behalf of Evraz. But the new sales already…
In January-October Russky Ugol (Russian Coal) mined 11.4 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 5% YoY. Amur region and Krasnodar Krai were the leaders. In particular Amur region yielded 2.7 million tons of coal, up by 8% YoY, and Krasnodar Krai – 5.1 million tons, up by 7%. The Stepnoy open-pit in the republic…
On November 12 Vostsibugol completed its annual export schedule. So far this year the company has exported over 1.1 million tons of coal. The increase in the export share began in 2008. Since then coal exports reached 5 million tons. Next year the company intends to start exporting coal from its new sites in Khakasia.…
In January-September the actual prime cost of 1 ton of coal reached 2745.3 UAH, down by 84.5 UAH from the planned cost, but up by 32.3% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coalmining companies expenses reached 6.196 billion UAH, down by 1.642 billion UAH from the planned ones, but up by…
Daltransugol, a part of SUEK, is pondering the possibility of expanding the capacity of its coal-handling terminal to 40 million tons per year. The company is looking for the contractor to prepare the feasibility study. Daltransugol will pay 15 million rubles for this work. The current capacity of the terminal is 24 million tons of…
The third batch of 80,000 tons of coal from the United States was delivered by the MG Explorer vessel to the state-run Yuzhny (“Southern”) Sea Commercial Port in Odessa region for Ukraine’s major power generating company PJSC Centrenergo, according to the port’s press service. “There is 80,000 tons of coal on board the bulk carrier.…
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said that the National Coal Company plays a key role in the process of reforming the coal industry of Ukraine. “The establishment of the National Coal Company is the only key to reform the coal industry in our country. The government of Groysman came to power when…