In January-October Ukraine imported 15.082 million tons of coal valued at $2.151 billion. According to the State Fiscal Service, Russia supplied $1.198 billion worth of coal (55.7%), USA – $546.822 million (25.42%), Australia – $116.423 million (5.41%) and other countries – $289.782 million (13.47%). At the same time Ukraine exported $48.741 million worth of coal…
Export of Russian coal in January-October increased by 13.7% YoY, to nearly 155,3 million tons, the Ministry of Energy said. The commodity exports volume in October reached 16,458,000 tons. Coal mining in January-October amounted to 336,2 million tons, of which 292,2 million tons were shipped. (PortNews/Ukrainian metal)
Shubarcoal Komir has successfully passed the repeated certification audits according to ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007, having confirmed its correspondence to world standards. The audits have been carried out by TUV International Certificated and Intercertifica-TUV LLC. (Ukrainian metal)
Russian Ugol is increasing the output of high-quality power-generating coal. For this the company has started modernizing the processing factory at the Stepnoy pit in Khakassia. The project will increase the factory capacity by 1 million tons of coal per year. The factory was commissioned in 2011. Now it employs over 200 people. It processes…
In 2017 a record commissioning of new long faces is expected at the state mining companies. “This year a record number of new long faces will be put into operation at the state mines – 38. 19 long faces have already been commissioned, 19 more will be commissioned in these two months. For comparison, in…
The need in the machine resulted from the switch of the company in March from underground mining to open-pit mining at the Jebariki-Khay. The machine will crush large fraction coal appearing after explosion works. The volume of pieces could be 1.5-2 cubic meters. Jebariki-Khay supplies coal to housing and municipal companies of the northern and…
The increase of the current coal price by 10% will improve the situation with paying salary to miners. According to the chairman of the Professional Union of Mining Industry Employees of Ukraine Victor Turmanov, the Ministry of energy and coal industry intends to increase state coal sales price from 2220 UAH to 2425 UAH per…
Ukraine’s coal industry can cover only 71% of the country needs, thus in 2016 Ukraine had to import 17 million tons of coal. Ukraine is an energy dependent country. The coal shortage is compensated for by imports at 27%, gas – 33%, oil and condensate – 19%, oil products – 77%, and nuclear fuel –…
