The Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman has reacted to the address of the Lugansk regional state administration and called a meeting on problem issues of coal industry and the clearing of salary debts to miners. Deputy chairman of the regional administration Yuri Klimenko reported on the situation at the Mine named after Kapustin, where…
Miners of Lisichansk in Lugansk region have stopped the operation of all the 4 mines and blocked the road demanding their salary debts to be cleared. The Lisichanskugol miners started striking 11 days ago at the depth of 575 meters. On October 29 they started fulfilling their threats: they blocked the roads in the town…
A cave-in occurred at the Mine named after Kapustin, where miners were striking against the non-payment of salary. “It is estimated that 10 meters of rock collapsed. It was in that mine that 16 protesting miners and a people’s deputy Sergey Kaplin were”, Mikhail Volynets, chairman of the Independent Miners’ Union of Ukraine reported. According…
The underground strike of the miners from the mine named after Kapustin has been going on for over a week. The miners are demanding the clearing of salary debts and firing the Lisichanskugol management. At present 26 miners are striking, 7 have already been taken to the hospital. “They are going on a hunger strike,…
Miners of the state enterprise Lisichanskugol mine named after Kapustin are still striking underground. On October 19, 33 miners refused to return to the surface. “The unions have provided them with food and water. But they have stayed without food for a day”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of Independent Miners’ Union, reported. The miners demand…
The people’s deputy Sergey Dunayev has failed keeping his promise of clearing salary debts to the state enterprise Lisichanskugol employees. “Because of red tape in filing documents to the Ministry of Finances and the State Treasury, the Ministry of energy and coal industry cannot promptly solve the problem of salary debts. The miners demand immediate…
The state enterprise Lisichanskugol received 104.5 million UAH to clear salary debts to miners, while Pervomayskugol – 29.4 million UAH. According to the Lugansk region governor Yuri Garbuz, debts decreased by 81% and by 89% respectively. “The issue of clearing salary debts, in particular, to the coalminers, is one of the most important, on which…
Lisichanskugol has ordered the Komsomolskaya Central Processing Factory the services of coal processing valued at 24.75 million UAH. According to the contract Lisichanskugol will be sending to the factory the DG-grade coal with the ash content of 43-51%, sulfur of 2.9-3.5%, moisture of 11.5-13.9% and the volatile matter of 42.3%. The coal concentrate after processing…