In January-August Ukraine imported 12.98 million tons of coal, down by 8.3% YoY, valued at $1.83 billion, down by 7.5%. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.09 billion worth of coal (or 59.81%), USA – $596.65 million (32.63%), Kazakhstan – $85.54 million (4.68%) and other countries – $52.64 million (2.88%). At the same…
The coal companies that received an invitation to an investor consortium for a dry bulk area in the port of Taman in the Krasnodar region have not responded, Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh declared on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum on September 5. “This is a delicate issue connected with prices. The colleagues see…
In August Ukraine produced over 2.4 million tons of coal, which was 13% less than planned. This was reported by the Coal Miners Union of Ukraine with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. “In August coal mining enterprises of Ukraine of all forms of ownership produced 2,417,413 tons…
Since the start of the year Rosterminalugol has exported 16 million tons of coal. In the record-setting 2017 such level was reached on September 1. The 16-millionth ton of coal was a part of the batch of 108 thousand tons loaded onto the Anglo Alexandria (Post-Panamax) vessel. This was the 26th ship with the deadweight…
In July Kuzbass region mined 5.9 million tons of coking coal, with 2.1 million tons extracted from pits and 3.8 million tons – from mines. In January-July coking coal output grew by 7.5% YoY, to 44.2 million tons, with pit coal up by 13.2%, to 15.4 million tons, and mined coal – by 4.7%, to…
In January-July Ukraine extracted 17.87 million tons of coal, down by 6.6% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, coking coal output dropped by 8.9%, to 3.299 million tons, and power-generating coal – by 6.1%, to 14.57 million tons. In July coal output decreased by 4.4%, to 2.529 million tons. Enterprises subordinate…
Construction of a 4.8-gigawatt (GW) thermal power plant and an open-pit mine at the Yerkovetskoye coal field with a projected capacity of 25 million tons per year will cost 289.8 billion rubles, the Energy Ministry said in its 2035 draft coal industry program. The project’s deadline was set in 2021, but the draft also included…
The Mine named after Tikhov has shipped the first train of coal via the new railroad. Investments in the infrastructure creation totaled some 1 billion rubles. In particular, Proektnaya station and the Tikhov station have been built, as well as 8.8 km of railroad. With the new infrastructure the mine will be able to annually…