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…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has provided state mines with guarantees of over 1 billion UAH on their loans and has approved the terms of the guarantees. The Cabinet has agreed to the suggestion of the Ministry of energy and coal industry to provide the state enterprise Toretskugol with state guarantees for 21.15 million…
The Cabinet of Ministers has postponed the decision to provide state coalmines with state guarantees on their loans of 1 billion UAH. According to the Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman, this issue will be addressed later. State guarantees should have been given to the Mine named after Surgay, Pervomayskugol, Lvivugol, Toretskugol and Selidovugol. (Ukrainian metal)
The Cabinet of Ministers asks the Verkhovnaya Rada to cancel the prohibition for women to work in harmful conditions and underground. The corresponding decision was taken at the government meeting on May 10. In particular, it was suggested to eliminated a certain clause in the Labor Code and denounce the International Labor Organization convention on…
The chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets claims that the total salary debts at state mines exceeds 740 million UAH. “The monthly salary fund at state coal enterprises is 530 million UAH. The number of employees is 41 thousand people”, he said. According to him, debts for 2015-2017 stand at 274…