Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine will initiate prohibition of grade “A” coal imports from the territory of the Russian Federation. “I will submit for consideration of the government the order on prohibition of grade “A” coal imports from the territory of Russia. The ministry has information, that the coal will be taken from…
The Cabinet of Ministers will create a state commission to check all coalmining companies in Ukraine on labor safety and personal protection. “This is (the explosion at Stepnaya mine) the case when we have not only to find out what happened but also to understand what is going on at other mines with labor safety.…
The Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry intends to reduce grade A coal consumption from 9.5 million tons to 6 million tons in 2017, minister Ihor Nasalyk has stated at a meeting of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. “The ministry has developed and is implementing four programs enabling us to replace more than 3.5…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, says it handled 3 million tons of coal in January-February. The milestone ton was loaded onto Panamax ship Lucky, the 49th vessel handled at the terminal from the year beginning. In February…
In January Russian railroads transported 31.4 million tons of coal, up by 9.9% YoY. This is the highest result in all the Russian history. Coal export deliveries increased by 20% YoY. Japan (up by 20%), China (up by 25%), Ukraine (up by 20%), UK (up by 10%) and Germany (3.5-fold) showed the largest increase in…
Pereyaslovsky open-pit mine, a part of Russian Coal, Krasnoyarsk Krai, has mined the 75-millonth ton of coal. January also saw the record railroad shipments of coal – 713 thousand tons. Total coal delivery from the mine reached 733 thousand tons. The Pereyaslovsky mine was put into operation in 1983. Its project capacity is 7 million…
The Neryungrinsky open-pit mine, a part of Yakutugol, has put into operation a Liebherr R 9200 excavator valued at 220 million rubles. The machine was purchased within the modernization program. This is the first time that such an excavator is used at the Neryungrinsky open-pit mine. (Ukrainian metal)
The anthracite coal, the delivery of which has almost been stopped because of the ATO zone blockade, is only transported to the Lugansk thermal power plant, situated in the Ukraine-controlled territory and belonging to DTEK. “35% of all the anthracite in stock at TPPs is that at Lugansk TPP”, energy complex department director Olga Buslavets…
