Lviv region miners have been on strike since January 2, as they haven’t been paid salary for 2 months. If the debt is not cleared this week, they will block international roads. They agreed to wait for money until January 9.
On December 29, 2015 the Yuzhni port completed loading coal for Tripolskaya thermal power station. The next batch of coal (85 thousand tons) from South Africa is expected to arrive at the end of January.
The Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine informs that certain documents to pay salary to miners are being prepared.
In January-November 2015 Ukrainian thermal power stations consumed 26.61 million tons of coal, down by 18.1% YoY.
On December 16, 2015 the Khlebodar village council (Donetsk region) concluded an agreement with Evroaliance LTD for the delivery of 489 thousand tons of anthracite.
In January-November Donetsk region decreased industrial products output by 36.1% YoY. In November output fell by 13% YoY and by 12.4% MoM.
The Ministry for economic development and trade isn’t preparing any meeting on the mining-metallurgical questions, said the deputy minister Ruslan Korzh.
The government of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic is pondering selling coal to Europe and the Near East.
