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)
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…