Ukraine: Donetsk mines 14 million tons of coal in 2015
In 2015 Donetsk region companies mined 14.36 million tons of coal.
In 2015 Donetsk region companies mined 14.36 million tons of coal.
Several Ukrainian mines and one processing factory will be sold to a Switzerland-based company without any connection to coal industry.
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has accepted the usage of budget funds to increase capital stocks of mining companies in order to clear salary debts to miners.
A Lugansk region mining company has been suspected of tax evasion (4 million UAH).
The Cabinet of Ministers plans to settle the matter of clearing salary debts to miners.
According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, at the end of 2015 Selidovugol, Lvivugol, Nadezhda mine among others received new directors. This change of management is a part of the ministry program to optimize mining companies operation.
In 2015 Ukrainian mines yielded almost 39.7 million tons of coal, down by 38.8% YoY.
The Ministry of energy and coal industry intends to have cleared all Lviv region miners’ salary debts by January 20.