Ukraine’s government intends to ban imports of steam coal from Russia, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Ihor Nasalyk declared. “A draft resolution is currently in the pipeline. A decision will follow,” he said when answering a question about plans to ban anthracite coal imports from Russia. The draft resolution is planned to be considered…
The so-called Donetsk People’s Republic has started hunting for the ex-CEO of the Zasyadko mine Pavel Filimonov. He is suspected of committing a crime connected with the violation of safety rules while conducting mining or construction operation resulting in the death of 2 or more people. The militants already arrested Filimonov in 2015 following an…
On March 1-20, over 3.4 thousand wagons with coal passed the border with Russia, according to the statistics data of the Russian Railways. Thus Russia took some 230 thousand tons of anthracite (10 thousand tons per day) from the uncontrolled territories valued at around 400 million UAH. (Ukrainian metal)
Metinvest has replaced the director of Krasnodonugol, which has lost control over its assets on the uncontrolled territory of the Lugansk region. According to the company statement, the supervisory board ended the office of the Alexander Angelovsky and appointed Valentin Kononov the acting CEO instead. DTEK has replaced director of Komsomolets Donbassa mine, which has…
Ukrainian companies in January imported coking coal for CAD 48.2 million ($36.2 million under the current exchange rate) from Canada, while in January 2016 no coking coal was imported, Canadian Ambassador to Ukraine Roman Waschuk reported. He said that British Columbia had large stocks of coking coal and production facilities. Supplies from the province could…
On March 20, a working group on the liberalization of the coal market in Ukraine was created to fulfill an order issued by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman. Vice Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion was appointed head of the group, reads a report on the government’s website. “On March 9, under the chairmanship of…
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…