In January-April, Ukraine imported 173.594 thousand tons of coal, down 23.8-fold YoY. According to the State Customs Service, expenses decreased 14.5-fold, to $66.362 million. Australia supplied $33.432 million worth of coal (50.38% of the total volume), USA – $19.399 million (29.23%), Poland ($10.855 million (16.36%) and other countries – $2.676 million (4.03%). In 4 months,…
In May, DTEK Energo intends to launch three new long-walls in addition to 8 already commissioned since the start of the year. One of the long-walls has the reserves of more than 1 million tons of coal, which will come in handy when preparing for winter. In 2022, the group commissioned 28 long-walls. (Ukrainian metal)
Ukraine will retain the prohibition of the power-generating coal exports to cover national interests. “This is a very complex issue. Undoubtedly, business is interested in exports. But the decision to ban exports guaranteed the supply of energy resources to the domestic market,” the energy minister German Galuschenko has said. This autumn-winter season Ukraine survived without…
In January, Kazakhstan extracted 10.4 million tons of coal, up by 2.3% YoY. The key regions – Pavlodar and Karaganda – accounted for 90.7% of the output. Pavlodar region extracted 6.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.3%, and Karaganda – 2.8 million tons, down by 4.9%. In 2022, Kazakhstan produced 118 million tons of…
In 2022, DTEK Energo invested 3.9 billion UAH in coalmining. This allows preparing for the next heating season. The specifics of coal industry require long-term planning, including in the conditions of war, the group has said. (Ukrainian metal)
Kyrgyzstan should have a unified policy in the field of coalmining, the President of the Board of the Association of Miners and Geologists of the Kyrgyz Republic Duishenbek Kamchybekov has said. According to him, more than 400 licenses are in the hands of coalmining enterprises to date in the country. More than half of them…
Samruk-Energy JSC, the largest Kazakh energy holding, plans to apply a new technology for coal mining, a source at the company has reported. According to the company, Bogatyr Coal, the coal mining company within Samruk-Energy, produced 42.4 million tons of coal in 2022. “The volume of coal sold in 2022 amounted to 42.4 million tons,…
The Cabinet of Ministers has prohibited the exports of anthracite, but increased the export quota of coking coal. According to the decree No. 1466 dated December 27, 2022, the export of coking coal is allowed in the volume of 600 thousand tons. The decree came into effect on January 1. In September 2022, the Cabinet…