Kazakhstan: Russia limiting coal exports to Ukraine

Coal industry of Kazakhstan is sustaining losses after Russia imposed limitations on the export of coal to Ukraine. According to the Association of mining and metallurgical enterprises, in June-September coalmining companies intended to ship 584.12 thousand tons of coal to Ukraine via Russia, but the Russian Ministry of Economic Development approved only 233.5 thousand tons.…

Ukraine: coal imports down in January-August 2019

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…

Ukraine: coal output down in January-July 2019

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…