The Ministry of energy and coal industry has made a decree “On the market of coal products” targeting the rules of trade on the coal market within the stages of power sphere privatization and creating the clear market of coal.
In 2015 Ukraine decreased coal imports from Russia by 69%, while increasing them from the South African Republic by 139%.
Resuming electricity exports will help both state and private coal companies to work steadily and keep their employees.
In January the Ministry of energy and coal industry received 50 million UAH to clear salary debts to miners. This month it plans to get 180 million UAH more.
Ukraine has received a grant from the government of Great Britain for the social support of the miners and the population of the mining regions, where coal companies will be closed.
The Ministry for energy and coal industry initiates the provision of state funds to continue construction works at the Novovolynskaya #10 mine and to pay salary to miners.
As of January 1, coal stocks in Ukraine totaled 6399.3 thousand tons, down by 1.2% MoM.
Coal mining in Ukraine (without the temporarily occupied territories of Crimea and the ATO Zone) in 2015 fell by 36.8% YoY, to 28.2 million tons.
