As of late November 2017, the coal increased in price by 27.6% (or by 2.6 thousand tenge), to 12 thousand tenge per ton, following the drop of 0.5% (52 tenge) in 2016, to 9.5 thousand tenge. In January-November 2017 coal mining reached 95.9 million tons, up by 5.2% YoY (or by 4.8 million tons). The…
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, has exported 24.8 million tons of coal this year, up by 37% YoY. This result, provided as of December 28, takes into consideration the forecast for the rest of the year. In…
In 2017 Elgaugol LLC has purchased over 20 units of mining machinery. In particular, in December the company received 4 BelAZ dump trucks with the lifting capacity of 130 tons. In early 2017, 5 KamAZ buses were purchased to bring employees to the work. The company has also purchased 5 lifters. “In 2018 we intend…
Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has instructed the Minister of Energy and Coal Industry, Ihor Nasalyk, within three months starting from January 1, 2018 to draft and submit for consideration by the Cabinet of Ministers a step-by-step plan for the development of the state coal industry. “We need to increase the volumes of extraction of…
SBI Carioca bulk carrier has delivered 60,000 tons of coking coal from the United States to the port of Chornomorsk in Odessa region, according to the port’s dispatcher service. The bulk carrier was moored to berth No. 1 of the first terminal on December 26. “It has delivered coking coal of Rocklick and Premium Eagle…
The Cabinet of Ministers has prolonged for 2018 the licensing of anthracite exports at the approval of the Ministry of energy and coal industry. The correspondent decree No. 1018 dated December 20 has been published in the Uryadovy Courier newspaper. The accompanying message says that the licensing is aimed at preventing uncontrolled exports of the…
In 2017 Vostsibugol LLC, mining coal in Irkutsk region, increased output by 2.8% from the plan, having obtained 14.3 million tons. 1.3 million tons of coal were exported. Mining target for 2018 is 16.2 million tons. In December the company started developing the Nygdinskaya site with the reserves of 3.1 million tons of coal. In…
Kangalassky pit of Yakutugol has completed the annual mining program in advance. So far the output is exceeding the plan by 15%. And the miners intend to increase it even more. Most of the coal from the pit (some 70%) is sent to the housing and municipal enterprises of the central regions of the Republic…
