Miners of the Uskovskaya mine were the first among Raspadskaya Coal Company divisions to reach the annual target of coal output, by yielding 2 million tons. Uskovskaya coal is supplied to Evraz companies, as well as other metal and by-product coke enterprises of Russia, Asia and Ukraine. (Ukrainian metal)
According to the deputy minister on uncontrolled territories and refugees Georgi Tuka the issue of coal purchases from the Kiev-uncontrolled districts of Donetsk and Lugansk regions has been over-politicized by the so-called hurrah-patriots. “Formally this cannot be named a purchase. This is a transportation of the coal mined at one DTEK division to another. There…
In January-November Russian coal exports climbed by 13.2% YoY, to 149,049,730 tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics reported. In November coal exports totaled 13,833,700 tons. Coal production in November reached 33,904,400 tons. (Portnews/Ukrainian metal)
Businessman Sergey Kurchenko, who is hiding from Ukrainian law-enforcing service in Russia, has gained control over the state enterprise Antrazit, situated on the Ukraine-uncontrolled territory of Lugansk region. In particular, the new general director of Antrazit is now Alexander Ermakov, connected with Kurchenko. Before that Antrazit was controlled by the terrorist-organization of Lugansk People’s Republic…
The government has announced the increase of the miners pension by 351 UAH from December 1. The minimal amount of pension will thus be 2652 UAH. “In December miners will receive 351 UAH more in pensions”, Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman said. The pension will grow after the announced increase of the minimal salary. (Ukrainian metal)
The state enterprise Ugol Ukrainy (Coal of Ukraine) has given out 27.6 million UAH to clear October salary debts of miners in Lviv region. According to the Lviv regional state administration deputy chairman Rostislav Zamlynsky, this money will allow clearing of 37% of October debts. Previously Ugol Ukrainy provided 16.2 million UAH to pay September…
In January-October Ukraine consumed 25550.7 thousand tons of coal, up by 9.5%, or by 2.21million tons, YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in October coal consumption dropped by 1.5 thousand tons YoY, to 2.63 million tons. In 2015 Ukraine consumed 28.63 million tons of coal, down by 17.6% YoY, or by…
Kuzbassrazrezugol’s Kaltanskaya Energeticheskaya Processing Factory has reached project capacity. This is the company’s only factory that processes T-grade coal. It was put into operation in January 2015, and since then has processed 3.8 million tons of coal. Now the factory is working at full capacity, processing 250 thousand tons of coal per month. (Ukrainian metal)
