39 miners for more than a day refuse to return to the surface at the Novovolynskaya-10 mine in Volyn region, demanding their salary debts to be cleared. According to Vasiliy Pradid, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of the mine, the miners ask the salary debts for April-June to be cleared. He did not…
Employees of the state Novovolynskaya-10 mine refused to return to the surface as a sign of protest against the non-payment of wages. “The miners of the first shift remained underground. Later their colleagues of the second shift joined them. All in all there are 47 people underground now”, Mikhail Volynets, chairman of the Independent Miners…
In May industrial output in Ukraine increased by 2.2% MoM and by 2.9% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, in January-May the industrial output grew by 102.6%. In particular, in mining and quarrying it increased by 102%. (Ukrainian metal)
The citizens of Donetsk, occupied by pro-Russia terrorist forces, report a massive fire at the Kuibyshevskaya mine. They also publish photos and videos of the fire in social networks. The mine has been officially closed since 2009, while its administration building burned down this April. (Ukrainian metal)
As of June 5, the total salary debts to miners for two months have reached 1 billion UAH. Salary debts at state mines total 400 million UAH, according to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, but in reality the sum is almost 1 billion UAH, as the ministry does not take into account 500…
The flooding of the mines on Ukraine-uncontrolled part of Donbass gradually results in the same processes in mines that are situated on the controlled territory. “For example, the volume of water that floods the Zolotaya mine (controlled territory) is 940 tons per hour”, the deputy minister on temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons Georgy…
Two miners have died at an open extraction coal quarry in Tkibuli town. The bodies are already being examined to identify the circumstances of death. The Ministry of Internal Affairs has started an investigation into the case under the Criminal Code, which implies the violation of safety rules in mining. Another six miners died and…
Prime Minister Bakytzhan Sagintayev familiarized with the production process automation at Sokolov-Sarybai Mining Production Association (SSGPO) JSC, a part of Eurasian Resources Group (ERG) during his working trip to Kostanay region. The Premier made the first stop at the Sokolovsky open pit. This is the field where the history of strip mining with the use…
