Ukraine: coal output down in October 2017

In October Ukraine mined 2 million tons of coal, down by 25.9% YoY. According to the State Statistics Service, this does not take into account the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and the Antiterrorist operation zone. October output increased by 4.3% MoM. In January-October Ukraine mined 20.2 million tons of coal, down by 16.4% YoY.…

Russia: Kemerovo region coal output up in 2017

Russia’s largest coal-mining region, Kemerovo, plans to raise coal output to 240 million tons in 2017 from 227.4 million tons produced in 2016, governor Aman Tuleyev told the region’s Council of People’s Deputies. “We have not closed a single company despite all the problems, and we’ve even managed to build new ones and to hold…

Russia: Chukotka coal output up in January-October 2017

In January-October Chukotka Autonomous District mined 400.8 thousand tons of coal, up by 83% YoY. Of this volume, Shakta Ugolnaya provided 178.3 thousand tons, down by 19%. The second largest miner in the region is Beringpromugol LLC, developing the Fandyushkinskoye deposits since December 2016. This year the company has mined 222.5 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)