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…
In 2017 the Ministry of energy and coal industry has shut down 5 profitless state mines. “If the reform is completely carried out, we will have no profitless mines. This year we have shut down 5 mines, which have been closing down since 1992. They were just eating up budget money”, the minister of energy…
FINR, a subsidiary of Indian Tata Power, has won an auction for a 25-year license for the Krutogorovsky coalfield in Russia’s easternmost Kamchatka region with a 264.8 million-ruble bid, the regional government said on December 22. The field’s reserves are estimated at 300 million tons of coal. (Prime/Ukrainian metal)
Taldinsky coal pit, a part of Kuzbassrazrezugol, has commissioned a new Uralmashzavod excavator. This is the fourth 19-cubic meter Uralmashzavod excavator in the company fleet. The first excavator of the series has been operating for 6 years and so far has dug 32 million cubic meters. This year Kuzbassrazrezugol is expected to spend 11 billion…
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 million tons of coal this year. The milestone ton was loaded on December 18 onto the Panamax bulk carrier Orange Harmony, the 332nd vessel handled from the year beginning…
Krasnoyarsk region assets of Russky Ugol have fulfilled the 2017 plan of coal mining in advance, having mined over 6 million tons of coal. On December 12 Sayano-Partizansky pit mined 806 thousand tons of coal, stipulated in the plan. On December 15 the Pereyaslovsky pit yielded 5.22 million tons of coal. The Ministry of Energy…
The governor of Kuzbass Aman Tuleyev wants to limit granting of coal licenses in the region and decrease output to 200 million tons. Officially, to decrease damages to the environment. This year 5 auctions for coal development have been cancelled. The existing mines provide enough coal. Over 100 coal companies operate in the region, including…