Ukraine: first batch of U.S. coal on its way

The first shipment of anthracite coal from the United States, supplied by XCoal Energy and Resources, totaling 85,000 tons should arrive in Ukraine in early September, the embassy of Ukraine in the United States wrote on Facebook. “The shipment of thermal coal to Ukraine was established by an agreement between the Ukrainian state-owned Centrenergo and…

Ukraine: Russia remains the main coal supplier

In January-June, according to the State Statistics Service, Ukraine imported 826.753 thousand tons of coal valued at $77.11 million. In particular, Russia supplied 90.8% of the total volume (750.861 thousand tons valued at $70.8 million). Imports from the South African Republic totaled 75.886 thousand tons valued at $6.299 million. At the same time Ukraine exported…

Ukraine: evidence of removing coal from uncontrolled areas reason for filing claims to international courts

Deputy Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons Heorhiy Tuka has said that if there is evidence of shipping coal from the Ukrainian temporarily uncontrolled areas in Donetsk and Luhansk regions to Russia, this could be a reason for filing lawsuits to international courts. “These events are not in line with international requirements.…

Russia: Russkiy Ugol output up in H1 2017

In January-June Russkiy Ugol enterprises mined 6.8 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 11% YoY and by 881 thousand tons from the target. Coal shipping in H1 totaled 6.5 million tons, up by 15% YoY. Krasnoyarskiy Krai was the leader in mining and shipping with output at 3.2 million tons, up by 23% YoY,…