Only 18% of Ukrainian state mines work without losses. The cost of coal, which is a part of the electricity production tariff, is 1730 UAH per ton. “At present the gas-generating coal is sold at 1730 UAH per ton, but on the Ukraine-controlled territory there are now only 4 mines that fall under this price”,…
In 2016 Ukraine imported 933,408 tons of anthracite valued at $68.663 million, which is equal to average price of $73.60 per ton. According to the State Statistics Service, 566,721 tons of anthracite for $45.769 million ($80.80 per ton) were imported from Russia and 366,659 tons for $22.88 million ($62.40 per ton) from South Africa. In…
Coal stocks in warehouses of thermal power plants (TPP) in Ukraine in the period from February 12 to February 19, decreased by 1.6% (by 24,000 tons), from 1.53 million tons to 1.506 million tons. According to Ukrenergo, in particular anthracite coal reserves during this period decreased by 4.8% (by 40,000 tons,) to 802,000 tons (including…
Instead of the anthracite coal from the uncontrolled territories Ukraine could import it from Russia or South African Republic, but in this case it would be twice expensive. “We could find alternative sources at once. But what do we change? We could import Kuzbass coal, but pay Russian miners instead of our own. And instead…
The Kaltan open-pit mine yielded the 100-millionth ton of coal. This is the result of Osinikovskoye and Kaltansky field miners operation since each field has been put into operation. The Kaltan open-put mine was created in 2009 by merging Kaltansky open-pit and Osinnikovsky open-pit. The first ton of Osinnikovsky coal was mined in 1980, and…
In January Kuzbass region mined 18.7 million tons of coal, up by 6.3% YoY. According to the regional coal industry department, energy coal mining reached 13.3 million tons, up by 3.9% YoY, coking coal – 5.4 million tons, up by 12.5% YoY. SUEK-Kuzbass increased output by 0.6 million tons YoY, Kiyzassk and Novokuznetsk site of…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is pondering the possibility of buying anthracite coal from other countries, in particular from South Africa, China or Australia. “We will have a state stock. Money is given to create the state stocks of anthracite coal. But the options are few: South Africa, Australia and China”, the minister of…
In 2016 coalmining enterprises of the Sakhalin region yielded around 7 million tons of coal, up by 27% YoY. Vostochnaya Mining Company (VGK) mined the most – 4 million tons (3.7 million tons in 2015). 4.65 million tons of coal was exported to the Asian-Pacific countries, up by 16% YoY. South Korea imported 2 million…