In September the Cabinet of Ministers will spend 100 million UAH on individual protection means for the miners. According to the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman, there are already funds for the project, and in September 100 million UAH more will be added. In May the Cabinet created the concept of reforming and developing the coal…
In January-June Ukraine mined 18.435 million tons of coal, down by 2.9% YoY, or by 556.8 thousand tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 24.7%, or by 1.11 million tons, to 3.387 million tons, while that of power-generating coal increased by 3.8%, or by 555.4 thousand tons,…
In January-June Chukotka Autonomous District mined 217 thousand tons of coal against 140.9 thousand tons in H1 2016. At present two enterprises mine for coal in the region: the “Ugolnya Mine” JSC at the Anadyr deposits and “Beringpromugol” LLC at Fandyushkinskoye deposits. In 6 months Ugolnaya Mine yielded 95.5 thousand tons of coal, down by…
In July-August the state seaport Yuzhny plans to send to Ukrainian thermal power plants some 225 thousand tons of anthracite from the South African Republic. “Within two months we expect the arrival of 3 vessels from SAR with over 225 thousand tons of coal”, the port reported. On July 21 Panamax ZHAO YAUNG FENG will…
The Russian customs service has acknowledged exports of anthracite from the militants’ occupied mines on Donbass. According to the statistics of the Southern customs department of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, in May Rostov region received 58.652 thousand tons of anthracite valued at $3.14 million from Ukraine, and in January-May – 236.568 thousand tons…
In June the public joint stock company “Kiev research works Ugol” changed hands. Revenco Limited (Cyprus) and an individual sold 42% and 37% of the works shares to a number of legal entities, among which is Andilero Holdings Ltd (Cyprus) and Vtorpolymery LLC (Kiev). Ugol, despite its name (which means coal) has been away from…
All the mines in Volyn region might be operated by one newly created enterprise. The idea was voiced by the regional state administration chairman Vladimir Gunchik. “The changes are necessary, as at present the mines simply eat up state money. All the accounting and bookkeeping should be united into one and construction of mine No.…
Ukraine is negotiating deliveries of anthracite coal with XCOAL Energy&Resources. The company mines in West Virginia and Pensilvania, selling coal and anthracite mostly to metal enterprises. The company exports some 16 million tons of coal per year via two of its seaports. In June a delegation from Ukraine visited Pensilvania. There is no large contract…