In March Ukraine mined 2.98 million tons of coal, down by 12.8% YoY, or by 438.2 thousand tons. The decrease has to do with the militants occupying coal enterprises of DTEK. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the total yield of DTEK mines (Komsomolets Donbassa, Sverdlovantrazit and Rovenkiantrazit), is 30.3 thousand tons,…
As of early April 10, anthracite stocks at the thermal power plants totaled 399.5 thousand tons, down by 10.1% WoW. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, gas-coal stocks increased by 2.7%, to 1.42 million tons. More than half of the anthracite (203.7 thousand tons) is stored at the Lugansk TPP. Altogether coal…
Vorkutaugol, a part of Severstal, has put into operation two new long faces at the Vorkutinskaya and Komsomolskaya mines. The Vorkutinskaya long face reserves are estimated at 468 thousands tons of coal. The mining will be carried out until November. The Komsomolskaya face has 856 thousand tons of coal, enough till March 2018. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-March Ukraine imported 3646.205 thousand tons of coal valued at $569.631 million, with $212.041 million in March. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $350.834 million worth of coal (61.59% of the total volume), USA – $102.166 million (17.94%), Canada – $43.707 million (7.67%), other countries – $72.924 million (12.8%). In monetary terms…
DTEK Burshtyn TPP has imposed limitations on coal deliveries from state mines. According to the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik, there is no shortage of G and D grade coal, mined in the western regions, but there could be problems with sales. “Gas-coal stocks increase each day”, he noted. On March 31,…
Ukraine seeks to import 2.5-3 million tons of anthracite from the United States, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk has said. “We have received information that we can supply around 2.5-3 million tons of coal from the United States. I as minister has sent a letter to the U.S. Department of State asking…
It is not profitable to use Kazakh coal after the modernization of Bishkek HPP, the expert Rasul Umbetaliev said on April 3. According to him, the government offers Electric stations JSC to purchase 550,000 tons of Kazakh coal. Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use Duishenbek Zilaliev has repeatedly stated that…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry initiates the implementation of the laboratory control of imported coal not to allow deliveries of coal from the terrorists-taken mines on the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Lugansk regions. “Each mine is like a fingerprint: coal deposits have a unique geological and chemical formula, and the laboratory…