In 2017 Kolmar intends to increase output by 56.7% YoY, to 5.8 million tons. According to the company CEO Sergey Shevelev, in 2018 it plans to produce 9 million tons of coal, with 12 million tons in 2019 (7 million tons being coking coal concentrate). Kolmar’s balance reserves are estimated to exceed 1 billion tons…
In October Ukraine (without the Russia-occupied Crimea and ATO zone) mined 2.7 million tons of coal, up by 0.2% YoY and by 5% MoM. According to the State Service of Statistics, in January-October coal output went up by 4% YoY. In September coal output dropped by 4%. (Ukrainian metal)
In October salary debts to state miners, controlled by the Ministry of energy and coal industry, decreased by 20.7%, or by 59957.8 thousand UAH, to 229316.8 thousand UAH. According to the ministry, as of January 1, 2016 salary debts to state enterprises on Ukraine-controlled territories totaled 167199.1 thousand UAH, including 147748.8 thousand UAH to state…
Since the beginning of the year Alardinskaya mine yielded 2 million tons of coal. “The world and local markets witness coking coal shortages. To satisfy the metal makers demand we have to work efficiently. Alardinskaya miners successfully cope with this task”, Raspadskaya Coal Company CEO Sergey Stepanov said. (Ukrainian metal)
Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, believes that the coal industry is in the critical state, and the lack of money makes it impossible to pay salary and develop mines. “Unpaid salary totals 80 million UAH. We don’t understand from where this will be paid. In 2011 the state budget…
In January-October Ukrainian by-product coke plants imported 9.8 million tons of ordinary coking coals and coal concentrate, up by 20% YoY, or by 1.6 million tons. In October Ukraine imported 920 thousand tons of coal, down by 140 thousand tons MoM. Ukrainian coal deliveries to by-product coke plants reached 5 million tons, on the level…
The Russian Railroads wants to increase coal transportation tariff next year due to the high increase of its price in the last three months. The company reported this at the meeting with the Transport Vice Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich. Coal started to grow in price in August, since then the coking coal price almost tripled,…
Salary debts at state mines have exceeded 800 million UAH. According to the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine chairman Mikhail Volynets, the unions demand 4.6 billion UAH in the 2017 budget to support the state coal sector, which will at any rate allow paying wages in time. But this money will not be enough to…
