Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers has created an interagency working group to tackle the crisis situation in coal industry. Resolution No. 450 dated June 21 has been posted on the government’s website. The deputy prime minister of Ukraine has been appointed head of the group and the energy and coal industry minister is his deputy. (Interfax-Ukraine/Ukrainian…
The miners of the DTEK Pavlogradskoye Mine Group have yielded 2 million tons of coal ahead of plan. In 2016 the enterprise put 6 new long faces into operation and invested 471 million UAH, which allowed it to reach such results. This year the company intends to put 3 more long faces into operation and…
In January-June Russian coal exports climbed by 10% YoY, to 90.353 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In June, Russia exported 15.916 million tons of coal. Coal production in January-June totaled 197.204 million tons including 174.182 million tons supplied. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)
The mine named after Yalevsky was the first of SUEK-Kuzbass enterprises to exceed the 5-million tons of coal output this year. At present the mine is one of the most productive and efficient enterprises in Russia. Its power-generating coal reserves are estimated at 380 million tons. The mine is capable of yielding 10 million tons…
In January-June Zapadnaya Coal Company LLC (ZUK), developing the Krutoyarsky site of the Konstantinovskoye deposits in Sakhalin, mined 280 thousand tons of coal. In H1 2016 the company mined 106.314 thousand tons of coal, and 274.176 thousand tons in 2016. This year ZUK intends to mine a total of 450 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian…
The Kapitalnaya mine (previously mine named after Stakhanov) of the state enterprise Mirnogradugol (previously Krasnoarmeyskugol) has put into operation the fifth northern long face. The reserves of the long face are estimated at 510 thousand tons of coal, or 1 year of operation. Investments in the long face totaled 138 million UAH. In autumn the…
In January-June Uglegorskugol LLC mined 17.733 thousand tons of coal at its Central site of the Solntsevskoye deposits. In H1 2016 the company mined 148.664 thousand tons of coal, with 337.473 thousand tons mined in the whole 2016. The decrease of the output is connected with the thinning of the licensed sites. The company has…
The import of coal from USA will ultimately destroy Ukrainian industry because of the high tariffs on electricity manufacture. “The increase of coal price will affect tariffs for industry, not to worsen the social tension, which is high anyway. All of us will be affected indirectly, as the prices will rise”, the energy expert Valentin…