The Sulyukta coal deposits have been put up for sale. According to the State committee on industry, energy and subsoil use, the starting price of site No. 5 is $3.8 thousand. According to the estimates, the reserves of the deposits are 381190.5 tons. The local site Vostochy has been put up for sale at $6154…
President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has stated that Ukraine will purchase at least 2 million tons of coal from the United States. “We’ve agreed on American coal supplies from Pennsylvania at competitive prices, we will have the full assistance from the department of the Ministry of Trade and Energy, the new Administration and Congress that…
The ecological situation in Donbass is threatening, and the mines on the uncontrolled territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions are in critical situation. “7 mines are completely destroyed and cannot be restored. There are currently 115 Ukrainian mines on the occupied territories, from where the equipment has been stolen, some of them are flooded. The…
In the occupied Yenakievo (Donetsk region), the Russia-supported terrorists intend to flood the Poltavskaya and Yenakievskaya mines, which will result in the flooding of the Yuniy kommunar mine, where in 1979 an underground nuclear explosion was carried out. The electricity at the mines will be cut off on June 30, and the water will start…
Beringpromugol has finished constructing the customs point at the Beringovsky port on Chukotka. The point will start operating in July. The company is ready to export coal. In May coal mining was suspended to construct the customs point and the road. This year the Fandyushkinskoye deposits are supposed to yield 400 thousand tons of coal.…
Because of the reforming of the coal industry it is possible to save 1.5 billion UAH per year, which could be used to modernize coal enterprises. “Our task is to create conditions to decrease coal mining prime cost, increase gas coal output, provide for the social protection of miners and the clearest process of buying…
The Intinskaya coalmine located in Russia’s Komi Republic, belonging to a small independent producer Intaugol, has collapsed with one miner staying under debris showing no observable vital signs, a source in emergency services of the republic reported. After collapse of the mine, 191 miners were brought up to the surface. Out of 16 miners that…
NGO Russian Railways (RZD) Logistics illegally shipped 76,300 tons of coal from the occupied areas in Donetsk region controlled by the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (“DPR”) to Russia in May, according to Ukrainian NGO Sprotyv.info. The plan of shipments was approved by the Economic Development Ministry of the Russian Federation. Out of the 76,300 tons…
