On July 9 the operation of the Novovolynskaya No. 9 mine (state enterprise Volynugol) was suspended. The miners demanded from the authorities to clear salary debts. On July 5 the Ministry of energy and coal industry divided budget funds. It was planned to spend 324 million UAH to clear salary debts, with 9.5 million UAH…
The electricity supplier has cut the state enterprise Volynugol mines off grid because of the debt. “Since the second shift on July 4, the Regional Electric Networks has stopped supplying electricity to the Volynugol mines”, Mikhail Volynets, chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. According to him, the regional…
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik has held a meeting with the employees of the Novovolynskaya mine No. 9 of the state enterprise Volynugol. According to the Independent Miners’ Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, the miners have arrived at the capital for the meeting. Last year the Novovolynskaya No. 9 miners several times…
The Novovolynskaya mine No. 9, a part of the state enterprise Volynugol, has suspended operation because of the lack of equipment. “The enterprise has stopped mining coal. And the reason is simple – they have nothing to work with. The mine was developing three long faces. For the past week they were barely working on…
The Prime Minister of Ukraine Vladimir Groysman supports the finishing of the Novovolynskaya Mine No. 10 construction in Volyn region. “The mine has to be constructed. That’s some 400-500 million UAH”, he said. The construction began in late 1980-s, and was actively resumed in December 2007. As of early 2013 the construction was 87% complete,…
The state enterprise Volynugol has received funds to pay salary to miners. According to the information department of the Volyn regional state administration, the region has received 30.3 million UAH, of which 25 million will be used to clear salary debts to miners for August-October. The money has already been transferred to the enterprise account.…
This year Volyn region miners have lost some 130 million UAH because of the unfinished construction of the mine No. 10, According to the regional authorities, some 600 million UAH are needed to commission the first stage of the mine. Then the enterprise has to earn money for the second and third stages itself. The…
The Volyn region governor Vladimir Gunchik has discussed with the deputy minister of energy and coal industry Galina Karp the problem of salary debts to miners. The deputy minister promised that the necessary money to clear debts would be transferred by December 8. On December 5, Gunchik will meet with miners and union representatives to…
