For the first time in its history Rosterminalugol has shipped coal to Portugal. The Panamax-type Sea Trubite received 77.5 thousand tons of power-generating coal. It took 36 hours to load the vessel. Rosterminalugol is constantly increasing the geography of its sales. At present the company ships coal to over 20 countries. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September the only coal-mining company in Kamchatka – Palana-Ugol LLC – mined 18.3 thousand tons of coal, up by 34.6% YoY. According to the company CEO Sergey Spivak, the output directly depends on the need of the regional housing enterprises. “Each year we deliver some 20 thousand tons of coal to housing companies. This…
The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has stated that wage debts totaling UAH 500 million will be paid off to miners until the end of the week. Deputy Energy Minister Anatoliy Korzun said this during Government Question Hour meeting held in Parliament. “We’re considering the issue of state support, and also funds are being received…
The Verkhovnaya Rada budget committee has rearranged funds, which will allow paying salary to miners. “Some 306 million UAH will be spent to clear salary debts to miners”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. In particular, Mirnogradugol, where employees of only one mine were paid…
In January-September Kuzbassrazrezugol produced 34.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 4.5% YoY. Coking coal accounted for 4.6 million tons, up by 1.6% from the target. Baykaimskaya mine yielded the most coking coal – 850 thousand tons. Since the start of the year the company has shipped 31.4 million tons of coal to consumers, with…
In January-September DTEK increased purchases of coal from Lviv and Volyn region mines by 6.3%, to 521 thousand tons. According to the company statement, the growth has to do with the increase in electricity output at combined heat and power plants operating on the gas coal. In September Western Ukraine mines supplied DTEK with 75…
Sergey Belan, the ex-director of Moskoks, a part of Mechel, has been appointed the managing director of Yakutugol, also a part of Mechel. The previous managing director Igor Khafizov was in August appointed director of Mechel-Mining in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). Pavel Stark, Mechel-Mining LLC CEO, said: “The new managing director of Yakutugol Sergey…
Kazakhstan offered to limit the export of coal for the period of preparation for the heating season. This proposal was received from the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Electric Stations JSC informed that there are no problems with the supply of Kazakh coal to the Bishkek Heating and Power Station: 261,119 tons…