Ukraine: black coal stocks up in September 2015
As of October 1, Ukraine (without the temporarily occupied Crimea and the ATO zone) stocks of black coal increased by 13.6% YoY, to 6749.4 thousand tons.
As of October 1, Ukraine (without the temporarily occupied Crimea and the ATO zone) stocks of black coal increased by 13.6% YoY, to 6749.4 thousand tons.
Ukrainian energy-generating companies purchase around 40 thousand tons of anthracite coal daily from the terrorist-occupied mines of Donbass.
In January-September coal imports from Russia fell by 31% YoY, to 3.7 million tons. In September Russia supplied 902 thousand tons of coal.
Deliveries of the South African coal for Ukrainian thermal power stations, that have been experiencing shortages of it due to the military activity in Donbass, are expected at the end of November.
Russia supplies coal to Ukraine without any interruptions, said the energy minister deputy Anatoly Yanovsky.
In January-September Ukraine imported $1.25 billion worth of coal and anthracite.
Krasnolimanskaya miners have supported the illegally fired acting director Konstantin Kiselev. The strike began in late September.
The state enterprise Ukrinterenergo has signed an agreement with Russneftedobycha Ltd to supply 200 thousand tons of coal.