Ukraine: coal output down in January-November 2019

In January-November Ukraine decreased coal output by 6.8% YoY, to 28.412 thousand tons. In particular, coking coal mining grew by 5.3%, to 5.605 million tons, while that of power-generating coal dropped by 9.3%, to 22.8 million tons. Coal enterprises, subordinated to the Ministry of Economy and Energy in 11 months mined 3.343 million tons of…

Kyrgyzstan: Kara-Keche coal readiness checked

A specially created working commission of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of Kyrgyzstan has checked readiness of coalmining enterprises in Naryn region for the heating season. The delegation, led by the Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use Emil Osmonbetov, inspected how much coal was mined and…

Ukraine: coal imports up in January-November 2019

In January-November Ukraine imported 19.1 million tons of coal, up by 0.04% YoY, valued at $2.59 billion, down by 3.8%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.51 billion worth of coal (58.19%), USA – $808.52 million (31.22%), Kazakhstan – $123.07 million (4.75%) and other countries – $151.07 million (5.83%). At the same time,…

Russia: Safmar to merge coal assets

Safmar intends to merge two of its coal assets – Kuzbass Fuel Company and Russkiy Ugol. The united asset will mine over 30 million tons of coal per year, with 20 million tons to be exported. Russkiy Ugol assets are situated in Amur and Krasnoyarsk regions, as well as the Republic of Khakasia. They comprise…