Ukraine: DTEK denies being taken over by militants

The mass media have informed that the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic has made the DTEK into its Regional energy company and fired all the employees. According to the DTEK communications department, all group companies are working under the management of DTEK and are registered on Ukrainian territory. In 2014 all the staff was evacuated to…

Ukraine: DTEK happy about new coal price

DTEK welcomes the transition to the new technique of calculating the price, where the coal price is linked with the European coal price index (API2). “Still we don’t feel any positive effect of the new technique yet. But the whole idea of bringing Ukrainian price to international market indexes is a correct decision, as the…

Ukraine: DTEK production indicators for Q1 2016

In January-March DTEK companies produced 7.2 million tons of coal (up by 5.8% YoY), generated 9.8 billion kWh of electricity (down by 10.9%), transmitted 12.1 billion kWh of electricity via networks (down by 0.5%) and produced 381.1 million cubic meters of natural gas (up by 47.7%). “Recently, the progress of the energy sector reforms has…

Ukraine: DTEK coal output up in Q1 2016

In January-March DTEK mined 7.2 million tons of coal, up by 5.8% YoY. According to the company statement, the output rise allowed processing factories to increase coal processing and concentrate manufacture – to 5.4 and 3.4 million tons respectively. In Q1 DTEK Rovenkiantrazit, DTEK Sverdlovantrazit and DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine anthracite output increased by 120.4%…