Ukraine: 4 coal enterprises get loan guarantees

The Cabinet of Ministers has provided the state enterprises Pervomayskugol, Selidovugol, Toretskugol and the Mine named after Surgay with state guarantees on loans for investment projects. The state guarantee is given to cover the main sum, interest and commissions. The payment for the state guarantee is 0.001% of the volume unpaid. Pervomayskugol borrows 276.21 million…

Ukraine: Selidovugol miners on strike

At the Novogrodovskaya mine of the state enterprise Selidovugol in Donetsk region 34 miners of the first shift refused to go above ground. According to the chairman of the International Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets, they demand paying salary. “The miners want their salary debts cleared”, he wrote on his Facebook page. (Ukrainian metal)