Ukraine: coal consumption down in January-November 2015
In January-November 2015 Ukrainian thermal power stations consumed 26.61 million tons of coal, down by 18.1% YoY.
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.
In January-November Ukraine mined 25195.6 thousand tons of ordinary coal, down from 36351 thousand tons last year.
The State Security Service and the State Fiscal Service have exposed a scheme to legalize coal, mined at the temporarily occupied territories.
The South African coal for Ukrainian thermal power stations would cost at least $70 per ton.