In 2016 the Russian Railways throughput dropped by 1% YoY, mostly because of the considerable decrease in coal transportation. 99% of the transit raw materials come from Kazakhstan, and last year they decreased by 24.4% YoY. On the other hand, this has been compensated for by the ferrous metals transportation from Kazakhstan, which increased by…
Following the cave-in of the Stepnaya mine in the Lviv region the government commission will check 300 mining companies. “We are checking all the documents at 300 enterprises of the mining complex which are deemed dangerous”, the Vice Prime Minister Gennadiy Zubko said. The commission started operating on March 6. According to Zubko the Stepnaya…
The authorities of the Kemerovo region and the Taltech group have signed an agreement on the socio-economical cooperation in 2017. This year Taltech intends to increase coal output by 13.5%, to 4.2 million tons. Investments of 300 million rubles will be spent on engineering and construction of enterprises as well as the purchase of new…
The state owes salary only to the Lisichanskugol miners in Lugansk region. “At present except for the Lisichanskugol salary debt, which is 110 million UAH, there are no debts to state mines”, energy and coal industry minister Igor Nasalik said. In early March Lvivugol miners threatened to stop supplying coal because of the salary debts…
In January-February Kuzbass region mined 37.3 million tons of coal, up by 5.7% YoY. Power-generating coal totaled 26.7 million tons, up by 7.2%, coking coal – 10.6 million tons, up by 1.9%. In particular, Raspadskaya Coal Company increased output by 0.6 million tons, Kiyzasskiy Open-pit Mine – by 0.5 million tons, SUEK-Kuzbass and Stroyservice –…
Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk estimates Ukrainian thermal power plants’ demand for anthracite coal until the end of 2017 at 4.2 million tons. He announced the forecast at a Cabinet meeting on March 16. “We’re running four projects to minimize coal consumption. I’d like to tell you that we need only 4.2 million…
The Mine Group Yuzhnodonbasskoye No. 1 (Ugledar, Donetsk region) has ordered Company Promtorg LLC the delivery of filtering equipment valued at 21.75 million UAH. By the end of 2018 the company would have supplied 2050 self-rescuers at 8326 UAH apiece, 1500 regenerative cartridges at 2781 UAH apiece and 6 respirators at 85587 UAH. On the…
The chairman of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic Alexander Zakharchenko has set up a program on partial clearing of the salary debts to miners of the state enterprises Artemugol (Gorlovka) and Ordzhonikidzeugol (Yenakievo). According to Zakharchenko’s order, the so-called ministry of finances will provide 182 million rubles for the cause. Coalmining in Gorlovka stopped in…