Ukraine: 700 thousand tons of coal taken from the ATO zone in August 2015
The State administration of the railroad transport of Ukraine (Ukrzaliznytsya) has no problems with coal deliveries from the anti-terrorist operation zone in the East.
Ukraine: coal industry in crisis
To understand the impact of events in Donetsk and Lugansk on the Ukrainian coal industry, two main questions need to first be answered:
Ukraine: minister admits ATO coal halt
The occupied territories face problems with fuel, machinery and railroad, said the Ministry for energy and coal ministry Vladimir Demchyshin.
Ukraine: SAR coal to arrive by October 2015
By the end of September Ukraine would have received the first ships with coal from the South African Republic.
Ukraine: coal mining down in January-August 2015
In August Ukraine mined 3171 thousand tons of coal, down by 30.5% from the planned results.
Ukraine: first 30 thousand tons of coal imported from Russia
Centrenergo, desperately needing power-generating coal due to the military activity at Donbass, has imported the first 30 thousand tons of coal from Russia for Zmeyevka and Tripolye Thermal Power Stations.
Ukraine: TPS lose coal
As of August 18th coal stocks at the thermal power stations decreased by 0.18%, or by 2.3 thousand tons, to 1277.8 thousand tons (including 573.9 thousand tons of anthracite and 25.05 thousand tons of fuel oil), as compared with August 17th.
Ukraine: coal train blown in Lugansk
In the Stanichno-Lugansk district at the Nizhnyaya Teplaya station a railroad line was blown leading to train carrying coal for the Lugansk thermal power station leaving the track.
