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)
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)