In January-August coal companies output decreased by 2.444 million tons, or by 9.4% YoY. “In particular, power-generating coal production dropped by 1.338 million tons, or by 6.5% YoY, and coking coal – by 1.105 million tons, or by 19.7%”, the Ministry of energy and coal industry reported. State mines decreased output by 20.8%. “The ministry-controlled…
The deputy economic minister Sergey Nazarov has confirmed that the so-called Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics sell coal to Russia, and it in its turn reexports it to other countries. According to Nazarov, each month some 1 million tons of coal from the occupied Donbass are sold that way. Thus Russia helps DPR and LPR…
Two new hydraulic drilling mills with DML LP diesel engine have joined the drilling fleet of Krasnobrodsky and Kaltansky pits, parts of Kuzbassrazrezugol. They will be used to drill shafts when carrying out explosion works. The planned output of DML LP is 22 thousand meters of shafts per month. The company has been modernizing its…
Since its commissioning in 2003 Rosterminalugol has exported 140 million tons of coal. The 130-millionth ton was exported on May 15, on the port’s birthday. The anniversary 140-millionth ton was loaded onto Rixta Oldendorf bulker (Post-Panamax), which took onboard over 111.3 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
The state enterprise Yuzhnodonbasskoye No. 1 Mine Group has ordered the Makeevka Works “Fakel” the delivery of fire extinguishers valued at 2.03 million UAH. In 2017-2018 the works has to supply 600 mine extinguishers VP-8 at 2540 UAH apiece and 300 extinguishers VVSH9 at 1690 UAH apiece. On the open market such extinguishers are sold…
In January-August Novoshakhtinskoye Open Pit Group of Primorskugol LLC, a part of SUEK, shipped 1.738 million tons of coal from the Pavlovskoye deposits, up by 3.5% YoY. At present Primorskugol is constructing the Nekkoviy open pit at the Lipovetsky deposits. Its project capacity is 500 thousand tons of coal per year. The pit will be…
In January-August Kemerovo region mined 159.5 million tons of coal, up by 7.6% YoY. In August output dropped by 1.5% YoY, to 20.3 million tons. Coking coal accounts for 26.3% of 8-months output, or 41.9 million tons. Coal sales totaled 136.5 million tons, including 92.9 million tons shipped for export. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-August the Zapadnaya Coal Company mined 390.6 thousand tons of coal at the Krutoyarsky site of the Konstantinovskoye deposits, up 2.5-fold YoY. This year the company intends to yield 450 thousand tons of coal. Thus, so far the target has been 87% complete. (Ukrainian metal)
