Russia: coal exports up in Q1 2018
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)
Ukraine: coal production up in March 2018
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…
Ukraine: temporarily occupied territories not supplying coal
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…
Russia: Kuzbass Fuel Company to mine 15.9 million tons of coal in 2018
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…
Ukraine: coal output down in January-February 2018
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…
Ukraine: Kurchenko becomes the sole coal supplier from occupied territories
Gaz-Alliance, controlled by the renegate businessman Sergey Kurchenko, has been appointed the only supplier of coal from the Kiev-uncontrolled territories. According to Vladislav Brig, a member of the so-called People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, on March 14 the Russian Ministry of economic development prohibited the…
Russia: Kuzbass coal output up in February 2018
In February Kuzbass mined 12.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.9% YoY. Underground output totaled 6.9 million tons, down by 6.2%. Coking coal mining reached 5.5 million tons, up by 3.8%, and power-generating coal – 14 million, up by 6.9%. In January-February Kuzbass yielded 38.6 million tons of coal, up by 3.5%. Factories processed…
Russia: Sakhalin to increase coal output in 2018
This year the Sakhalin region plans to increase coal output to 11 million tons. In case this goal is reached, the increase will amount to 45% YoY. Over half of the volume will be provided by Solntsevsky Coal Pit LLC, Gornyak 1 LLC, Boshnyakovsky Coal Pit LLC and Western Coal Company LLC. Last year the…