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…
Ukraine in January-November increased coal imports in monetary terms 1.87-fold YoY, to $2.431 billion, according to the State Fiscal Service of Ukraine. Russia remained the major supplier of coal over the period under review, accounting for 56.4% of total supplies worth $1.37 billion, the report said. It is followed by the United States (24.8%, $603.8…
In November Russia supplied some 280 thousand tons of coal illegally taken from the occupied Donetsk and Lugansk regions of Ukraine to Europe, up by 18.6% MoM, or by 44 thousand tons. The largest exporters of Donbass coal are companies, controlled to the fugitive Ukrainian businessman Sergey Kurchenko. In particular, in October his two companies…
In 2018 Ukraine intends to invest 2.5 billion UAH in modernization of coal enterprises. “We’re switching to the management mode, when every mine is responsible for its efficiency. Restructuring the industry will let the country save some 1.5 billion UAH”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik said. Still until the document on…
In January-November Ukraine mined 31.964 million tons of coal, down by 13.6% YoY, or by 5.044 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, energy-generating coal output dropped by 12%, or by 3.55 million tons, to 25.758 million tons, while coking coal – by 19%, or by 1.489 million tons, to 6.206…
In January-November Chukotka Autonomous District mined 406 thousand tons of coal, up 1.8-fold YoY. Only two companies mine for coal in the region. The Shakhta Ugolnaya company, developing the Anadyr deposits, mined 183 thousand tons of coal, down by 19% YoY. At the same time Beringpromugol LLC, developing the Fandyushkinskoye field deposits since December 2016,…
Ukraine this year would reduce anthracite consumption to 5 million tons, which is almost 50% less than the figure for the previous year, the press service of the government has reported, referring to Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Kistion. “If earlier we consumed over 9 million tons of anthracite coal a year, at the…