Ukraine: coal imports from Russia up in Q1 2019

In January-March, the share of coal imports from Russia reached 64.45%. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the coal imported was $476.9 million. US supplied $212.5 million worth of coal (28.72%) and Kazakhstan – $31 million (4.2%). At the same time, Ukraine purchased $19.5 million worth of coal from other countries (2.63%).…

Ukraine: coal imports down on Q1 2019

In January-March Ukraine imported 5.25 million tons of coal, down by 8.6% YoY. According to the State Fiscal Service, the value of the imported coal was $740.09 million, down by 2.7% YoY. In particular Russia supplied $476/95 million worth of coal (or 64.45%), USA – $212.57 million (28.72%), Kazakhstan – $31.07 million (4.2%) and other…

Ukraine: coal output down in January-February 2019

In January-February mined 4.228 million tons of power-generating coal and 872.8 thousand tons of coking coal, down by 0.8% and by 19.4% YoY respectively. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, in February Ukraine decreased power-generating coal output by 3.2% YoY, to 2.095 million tons. Coking coal mining decreased by 25.2%, to 392.1…