Ukraine: coal purchases from Russia considerably down in 2015
In 2015 Ukraine decreased coal imports from Russia by 69%, while increasing them from the South African Republic by 139%.
Ukraine: electricity exports to solve miners problems
Resuming electricity exports will help both state and private coal companies to work steadily and keep their employees.
Ukraine: miners to receive 180 million UAH in February 2016
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: British money to go to miners
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.
Ukraine: Novovolynskaya #10 mine plans
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.
Ukraine: coal stocks down in December 2015
As of January 1, coal stocks in Ukraine totaled 6399.3 thousand tons, down by 1.2% MoM.
Ukraine: 28.2 million tons of coal mined in 2015
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.
Ukraine: Lviv calculates losses from miners strike
The Lviv customs office lost 4 million UAH for each day the miners were blocking Lviv – Rava-Russkaya road.