In January-September Kuzbassrazrezugol mined 33.3 million tons of coal (including over 4.6 million tons of coking coal), up by 0.5 million tons YoY. Consumers received 29.4 million tons of coal, with exports on the level of 21.6 million tons. Local market received 7.8 million tons. Kuzbassrazrezugol processing factories have processed 29.2 million tons of coal,…
According to the Psychea scientific center director Gennady Ryabtsev, Ukraine might face the necessity to buy coal from the Russia-supported terrorist organizations of the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, if it fails to create sufficient stocks. “Here everything is simple. If all has been though over and the stock have been formed, than there…
In January-September the Siberian Coal Energy Company mined 78.9 million tons of coal, up by 15% YoY. Sales went up by 5% YoY, to 74.1 million tons. Sales on the local market remained on the last year levels. Russian consumers received 36.1 million tons of coal, with 29.2 million tons going to power plants. Foreign…
In January-September Yakutugol, a part of Mechel, mined 7.5 million tons of coal, up by 11% YoY. All the group companies have demonstrated increase in output. In particular, Neryugrinsky open-pit coal mine yielded 7 million tons of coal, up by 11% YoY. Kangalassky open-pit mine yielded 145 thousand tons of coal, up by 16%. Jebariki-Khaya…
Russian steelmaker Severstal’s coal production unit Vorkutaugol is evacuating workers from the Zapolarnaya mine because the carbon monoxide level has exceeded the norm, the company said in a statement. “In accordance with the safety rules, the workers on the shift are being lifted to the surface. Emergency Ministry troops are investigating the mine. There were…
On October 10, the mine named after Skochinsky, situated near the military zone, put into operation a new long face with 493 thousand tons of coal deposits. “The length of the face is 238 meters, the thickness of the layer is 1.5 meters, and the deposits are estimated at 493 thousand tons. We plan to…
In January-September enterprises of the Krasnoyarskkrayugol mined 3.9 million tons of coal, up by 231 thousand tons from the target figure. The companies are steadily increasing their capacities. This year Krasnoyarskkrayugol plans to mine 6 million tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
Lviv regional state administration evaluates the modernization of all its mines at 1 billion UAH. “To modernize all mines, long faces, etc. we need 1 billion UAH”, Rostislav Zamlynsky, deputy head of the Lviv regional state administration, reported. According to him, the administration has already created a list of mines that need to be modernized…
