In 2017 the Russkiy Ugol Company mined 14.1 million tons of power-generating coal, up by 4% YoY. Krasnoyarsk region pits provided 6.5 million tons of coal, Republic of Khakasia – 4.2 million tons, and Amur region – 3.4 million tons. Pereyaslavsky pit in Krasnoyarsk region increased output by 8% YoY, to 5.6 million tons, while…
In 2017 Russkiy Ugol mined 842 thousand tons of coal in Krasnoyarsk region, up by 4% from the plan and by 7% YoY. The increase is the result of the new machinery acquisition. Thus, the company purchased 55-ton BelAZ trucks, Komatsu excavators and bulldozers. Russkiy Ugol started developing the Sayano-Partizansky pit in 1991, but only…
In 2017 Tajikistan mined 1.7 million tons of coal, having set a record. 18 enterprises mine for coal in the republic. The 4 largest promised to mine 1.5 million tons of coal. Other companies obtained some 200 thousand tons. For the past four years Tajikistan has been mining record-high volumes of coal: 870 thousand tons…
Uralmashzavod has completed the final stage of dragline 11/75 shipping. The corresponding contract with VostokUgol (Novosibirsk region) was signed in October 2016. The machine will be operating at the Vostochniy pit and is expected to start working in Q1. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2017 Ukraine mined 34.92 million tons of coal, down from 40.86 million tons in 2016. The Ministry of energy and coal industry mines obtained 4.83 million tons of coal. The mining plan (5.75 million tons) was 84.2% fulfilled. In 2016 the state mines yielded 5.79 million tons of coal with the target of 7.27…
Licenses for the exploration and development of two brown coal deposits in Kadamdzhai district of Batken region were put up for auction, according to the website of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use. The State Committee offers are to those wishing to develop Uch-Korgon deposit and engage in geological exploration of Yuzhniy…
This year Novokuznetsk district will open a new coal pit in addition to 24 coalmining enterprises already operating. The pit will be commissioned by Energia-NK and it will be situated on the Bingiro-Listvaynsky site, not far from the Mikhailovka village. Its project capacity is 1 million tons of coal per year. The pit will operate…
China Railway Tunnel Group has started work on the investment project to modernize the Shargunkumir Company. The investment project presupposes the increase of the company capacity to 900 thousand tons of coal per year. The Chinese company will clear 10 old mines and create a 2227-meters long tunnel. The total cost of the project is…