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 –…
In January-November 2017 Ukraine imported 4.11 million tons of power-generating coal for thermal and combined heat and power plants. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in 11 months Russia supplied 3.083 million tons of coal (75% of all the imports), South Africa – 653.2 thousand tons (15.9%), USA – 254.8 thousand tons…
As of late November 2017, the coal increased in price by 27.6% (or by 2.6 thousand tenge), to 12 thousand tenge per ton, following the drop of 0.5% (52 tenge) in 2016, to 9.5 thousand tenge. In January-November 2017 coal mining reached 95.9 million tons, up by 5.2% YoY (or by 4.8 million tons). The…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, has exported 24.8 million tons of coal this year, up by 37% YoY. This result, provided as of December 28, takes into consideration the forecast for the rest of the year. In…
In 2017 Elgaugol LLC has purchased over 20 units of mining machinery. In particular, in December the company received 4 BelAZ dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 130 tons. In early 2017, 5 KamAZ buses were purchased to bring employees to the work. The company has also purchased 5 lifters. “In 2018 we intend…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Ihor Nasalyk, within three months starting from January 1, 2018 to draft and submit for consideration by the Cabinet of Ministers a step-by-step plan for the development of the state coal industry. “We need to increase the volumes of extraction of…
SBI Carioca bulk carrier has delivered 60,000 tons of coking coal from the United States to the port of Chornomorsk in Odessa region, according to the port’s dispatcher service. The bulk carrier was moored to berth No. 1 of the first terminal on December 26. “It has delivered coking coal of Rocklick and Premium Eagle…