The deputy minister on temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced people Gerogy Tuka said, that 18 mines in the occupied Donetsk region were flooded. “18 mines have already been flooded, 12 more are being flooded. All of them mined anthracite coal. It is impossible to restore their operation, as it will be necessary to invest…
The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry of Ukraine will reorganize and merge state-owned coal enterprises into the newly created state-owned enterprise National Coal Company, and all permits will be re-registered to this company by the end of this year. This is outlined in the action plan for 2017 to implement the concept for reforming and…
There are interruptions in the delivery of Kazakh coal to Kyrgyzstan, Kuban Myrzakanov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Industry, Energy and Subsoil Use of the Kyrgyz Republic reported. According to him, there is no official ban on the supply of coal to Kyrgyzstan. Bishkek Heating and Power Plant receives the fuel as usual.…
In January-September Ukrainian ports handled some 6.3 million tons of coal, up by 65.7% YoY. The main coal-handling terminals are located in the port of Yuzhniy. They handled 4.29 million tons of coal, or 68% of the total volume. All the coal-handling ports demonstrated growth, except for Chernomorsk, which showed a sharp fall to 3…
For the first time in its history Rosterminalugol has shipped coal to Portugal. The Panamax-type Sea Trubite received 77.5 thousand tons of power-generating coal. It took 36 hours to load the vessel. Rosterminalugol is constantly increasing the geography of its sales. At present the company ships coal to over 20 countries. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-September the only coal-mining company in Kamchatka – Palana-Ugol LLC – mined 18.3 thousand tons of coal, up by 34.6% YoY. According to the company CEO Sergey Spivak, the output directly depends on the need of the regional housing enterprises. “Each year we deliver some 20 thousand tons of coal to housing companies. This…
The Energy and Coal Industry Ministry has stated that wage debts totaling UAH 500 million will be paid off to miners until the end of the week. Deputy Energy Minister Anatoliy Korzun said this during Government Question Hour meeting held in Parliament. “We’re considering the issue of state support, and also funds are being received…
The Verkhovnaya Rada budget committee has rearranged funds, which will allow paying salary to miners. “Some 306 million UAH will be spent to clear salary debts to miners”, Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine, wrote on his Facebook page. In particular, Mirnogradugol, where employees of only one mine were paid…