Coal stocks at the warehouses of the thermal power plants on March 6-9, increased by 2.1%, or by 36 thousand tons, to 1.734 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry as of early March 9, coal stocks of the anthracite group totaled 711.4 thousand tons, down by 4.7% as of March…
15 years ago Yuznhy Kuzbass put a new processing factory Krasnogorskaya into operation. This was the first enterprise in the Kemerovo region to process anthracite. 2002 saw the first record – 150 thousand tons of coal processed at the project capacity of 130 thousand tons per month. In 2003 the processing volumes increased to 1.8…
In January-February Russian coal exports climbed by 7.5% YoY, to 27.86 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said. In February, Russia exported 13,384,600 tons of coal. Coal production in January-February totaled 65,591,400 tons including 59,557,800 tons supplied. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)
The initiative to prohibit coal imports from Russia could lead to the creation of a new scheme of coal deliveries from the temporarily uncontrolled territories. According to the political scientist Alexei Yakubin, deliveries from uncontrolled territories will not be stopped, but the scheme will change. “Ukraine has no alternatives to the coal mined there. So…
The state commission on the Stepnaya mine explosion will work for 1 month, with each Monday hosting a meeting. After the investigation the commission will present not only the information on the reasons, results and people responsible for the emergency situation, but will also recommend the Ministry of energy and coal industry how to avoid…
The selection of consulting companies that will help Kyrgyzstan sell Kara-Keche coal deposit has begun. Applications for consulting services were received from Beyond Investment Group LLC, Deloitte & Touche, Mark Audit Bishkek, Industriel Electric Maden, Standard Development Consult, KPMG Tax and Advisory, and Ernst & Young. The technical part of the proposals was revealed. After…
In January-February Ukraine mined 7367.9 thousand tons of coal, up by 11.3% YoY, or by 750.8 thousand tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 24.2%, or by 338.3 thousand tons, to 1058.5 thousand tons, while that of power-generating coal went up by 16.5%, or by 891.3 thousand…
Miners at Yerunakovskaya-VIII have started extracting coal from the new 48-5 long face. Its reserves are estimated at 3 million tons of coking coal. The operation of the long face is expected to end in Q1 2018. The Yerunakovskaya-VIII mine extracts GZh grade coal from the depth of 470 meters. After it is processed at…