Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman has said that Ukraine should fully refuse from anthracite and increase the production of gas coal. “Ukrainian anthracite coal is in occupation area in Ukrainian Donbas. We have to do everything to refuse from anthracite and increase the production of gas coal as much as we can,” Groysman said…
Employees of the state coalmining enterprises have organized a strike near the building of the Lviv regional state administration demanding their salary debt issues to be solved. The chairman of the administration Oleg Sinyutka promised to talk to the representatives of the Ministry of energy and coal industry on the matter. DTEK Energo reported that…
As of August 24, 988 thousand tons of coal have been produced, up by 67 thousand tons YoY. According to the Ministry of industry and new technologies, this year Tajikistan intends to produce 1.9 million tons of coal. The country has 14 coal deposits. Coal exports so far have reached 27 thousand tons valued at…
The Belozerskoye Mine Group (Donetsk region) has put into operation the 5th northern long face at the Novodonetskaya mine. The coal reserves total 2 million tons. The face will provide miners with enough work for the next 18 months. The length of the face is 300 meters. (Ukrainian metal)
The governor of Donetsk region Alexander Kuts has discusses with the directors of mines, mayors of mine towns, representatives of power suppliers, Pension Fund, etc. what to do to make the state coal enterprises profitable. “At present there are 15 state coalmining enterprises in the region. As of August 23 they have mined 1.3 million…
Coal reserves of Russia are estimated at 200 billion tons, or 5.5% of the world total. Magadan region has four major coal territories: Arkagalinskaya, Omsukchanskaya, Omolonskaya and Okhotskaya. Three companies mine for coal in the region: Kolyma Coal Company LLC, Association of Business Partnership LLC and North-Eastern Coal Company LLC. Last year Kolyma Coal Company…
The Shakhta Ugolnaya Company, mining coal in Chukotka Autonomous District, has joined the Beringovsky area of advanced development. Within the area, the company will modernize its capacities and in 3 years acquire new machinery – a belt conveyer, a combine, winches and other equipment. The total volume of investments will reach 250 million rubles. The…
Ukraine’s extraction of coal rose by 1.1% YoY, to 2.64 million tons in July from 2.61 million tons in July 2017 and from 2.55 million tons in June, the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry reported. Extraction of thermal coal in July increased by 7.7%, to 2.22 million tons from 2.06 million tons in July 2017,…
