Mechel has put into operation a new long face 0-17-16 at the mine named after Lenin, a part of the South Kuzbass coal company. The reserves of the long face are estimated at 650 thousand tons of coking coal. Its length is 200 meters. Investments in the project totaled 230 million rubles. (Ukrainian metal)
The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry has increased the price of coal, mined by state enterprises, by 4.54%, or by 110 UAH, to 2535 UAH per ton (without VAT and transportation expenses) from April 2. The energy minister Igor Nasalik noted that coal witnessed the price increase from December 2017 through March 2018, and…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the European part of Russia, handled 5.02 million tons of coal in January-March, up by 2.4% YoY. Amid challenging ice conditions the terminal handled 71 vessels with average daily handling totaling 70,700 tons (up by 13.7%). In the first quarter of the year, coal unloading at the…
Export of Russian coal in January-March increased by 6.8% YoY, to 44.42 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said. In March coal exports from Russia totaled 15.638 million tons. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
In March Ukrainian coal production reached 2.996 million tons of coal, which is 107% of the planned targets, the Trade Union of Coal Mining Industry of Ukraine informed with a reference to the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. In particular, the production of coalmines managed by the Energy Ministry made up 389,419 tons, which amounted…
The coal mined at the Ukraine-uncontrolled territories of Donetsk region is supplied to Russia, as well as to some enterprises, still operating in the region, “Yenakievo Iron and Steel Works is slightly operating, as well as Makeevka Works, and some mines, for example Komsomolets Donbassa, and mines named after Skochinsky and Zasyadko. Some by-product coke…
This year Kuzbass Fuel Company intends to increase coal mining by 21% YoY, to 15.9 million tons. In 2017 coal output grew by 13% YoY, to 13.2 million tons. Investments in the development will reach 3 billion rubles, including 1.4 billion rubles in the purchase of mining machinery. The company will also finance social programs…
In January-February Ukraine decreased coal mining by 27.57% YoY, to 5.335 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, power-generating coal output dropped by 36.4%, to 3.96 million tons, while that of coking coal grew by 20.3%, to 1.374 million tons. In February coal mining decreased by 27.8% YoY, to 2.676 million…
