On November 22 Bachaty Coal Pit of Kuzbassrazrezugol mined the anniversary 350-millonth ton of coal since the pit had been commissioned. None of the coal enterprises in Russia has ever had such results. The pit was commissioned in 1949 with the design capacity of 300 thousand tons of coal per year. In the first year…
Rosterminalugol, operator of Russia’s largest dedicated coal port (run by Port Management Company, PMC LLC) has shipped 18 million tons of export coal year-to-date. According to the stevedoring company, the milestone ton was loaded onto the Panamax ship Capricorn Trader, the 16th vessel received at the terminal since the beginning of the month (the 260th…
In January-October Ukraine mined 27.687 million tons of coal, down by 4.1% YoY. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, the coking coal output dropped by 11.7%, to 4.908 million tons, and power-generating coal by 2.3%, to 22.779 million tons. In October coal output grew by 5%, to 2.838 million tons. In 10…
The Cabinet of Ministers suggests providing state coal enterprises with 1.63 billion UAH in 2019 to be spent on their restructuring. The corresponding suggestion is contained in the draft budget for 2019. The restructure program also includes the support of state mines by a surcharge from the state budget to the price of coal. The…
In January-October Kuzbass mined 151.7 million tons of power-generating coal and 60.1 million tons of coking coal. The combined increase was 5.2% YoY. The mines yielded 74.4 million tons of coal (72.3 million tons in 10 months of 2017) and pits – 137.4 million tons (129 million tons). In October Kuzbass mined 15 million tons…
Beringpromugol is preparing to ship its last bulker this year. The 9th vessel this year will head to Vietnam carrying 18 thousand tons of coal. The coal export season is expected to have been completed by December 1. Beringpromugol LLC is responsible for all Chuikotka coal exports (400 thousand tons this year). In 10 months…
In January-September the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) mined 13.078 million tons of coal, up by 5.2% YoY. The increase is due to the operation of Kolmar and Elgaugol LLCs. Kolmar mined 3.83 million tons of coal, up by 24%. And Elgaugol mined 3.9 million tons, up by 28%. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-October Ukraine imported 17.425 million tons of coal, up by 15.5% YoY, valued at $2.461 billion, up by 14.4%. Russia supplied $1.525 billion worth of coal (62%), USA – $739.27 million (30.04%), Canada – $126.946 million (5.16%) and other countries – $68.88 million (2.8%). Moreover, in 10 months Ukraine exported 56.223 thousand tons of…
