Ukraine’s coal production in November was down 44% year on year to 4.12 million mt in November, which was 4.2% higher than October, an energy and coal industry ministry official said Wednesday, citing preliminary figures.
Mr Volodymyr Demchishin, Ukraine’s newly-appointed minister of energy and coal mining industry, said that Ukraine may take out about 2 million tons of coal from the conflict-hit Donbas region.
In October Ukraine (not counting the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea) mined 2.3 million tons of coal, down by 58.8% YoY.
Due to the problems with raw materials delivery 7 mining-metallurgical companies, situated in the East of Ukraine, have halted their operation.
