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…
The minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik declared that the state enterprise “State Coal Company” came to terms with Ukrgazbank to attract a loan of 300 million UAH into coalmine modernization. The State Coal Company was created in September 2014 to sell coal of state miners. The 2017 state budget will provide 870…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has not included anthracite coal into the forecast structure of TPPs fuel for March. The ministry expects anthracite deliveries only to Lugansk TPP. In particular DTEK will supply 100 thousand tons of anthracite. In March TPPs on controlled territory are expected to consume 403.1 thousand tons of anthracite.…
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.…