In January-October Chukotka Autonomous District mined 400.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 83% YoY. Of this volume, Shakta Ugolnaya provided 178.3 thousand tons, down by 19%. The second largest miner in the region is Beringpromugol LLC, developing the Fandyushkinskoye deposits since December 2016. This year the company has mined 222.5 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)
Pakistan intends to purchase 150,000 tons of coal per year from Uzbekistan as soon as the modernization of the Uzbek Shargunkumir JSC finishes, Shargunkumir JSC Director for Future Development, Investment and Capital Construction Sattor Saidov reported. He added that currently the company was not able to provide Pakistan with demanded quantity of coal because the…
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…