Ukraine: DTEK buying Lviv coal again
DTEK has resumed buying coal from Lvivugol.
DTEK has resumed buying coal from Lvivugol.
Lviv miners that had gone on strike demanding their salary debts to be cleared, increased their demands. Now they want the director and the chief accountant of Lvivugol to be fired.
Burshtyn Thermal Power Station (Ivano-Frankovsk region) has declared that beginning with January 14 it is going to stop buying Lviv coal.
The state enterprise Lvivugol will receive 20 million UAH, said the Ministry of energy and coal industry in its statement. Money was transferred on January 13.
Because of the Chervonograd Processing Factory, 63% of which is privately owned, Lviv mines cannot work full time, said Lvivugol acting CEO Andrei Dyachenko.
If the state supports Lvivugol with 480 million UAH in 2016, the enterprise will be able to work without losses in 2017.
The Lviv region council has addressed the President, the Prime Minister and the minister of energy and coal industry warning them of the situation at the state enterprise Lvivugol.
Chervonograd Prosecutor’s Office has opened a criminal case on the basis of unpaid salary to miners.