Russia: Sakhalin coal output up in 2019

In 2019 Sakhalin increased coal output by 10.2% YoY, to 11.9 million tons. The annual target – 11.4 million tons – was exceeded by 4.2%. The Eastern Mining Company LLC provided the most coal volumes – 10 million tons. Sales outside the region totaled 11.5 million tons, including 126 thousand tons to the other Russian…

Ukraine: coal output down in 2019

In 2019, Ukraine mined 31.22 million tons of coal, down by 6.2% YoY. According to the Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection, coking coal mining grew by 8.8%, to 6.32 million tons, while that of power-generating coal fell by 9.4%, to 24.9 million tons. In December 2019, coal output dropped by 0.1% YoY, to 2.8…