In January-September Tajikistan mined 1384 thousand tons of coal, up by 21 thousand tons from the whole 2016 yield. “This is the highest result in the history of the republic”, the Ministry of industry and new technologies reported. The high results have been secured by Fon-Yagnob (617 thousand tons), Talco-Resource (286 thousand tons) and the…
In September Russia exported 2.35 million tons of coal to China, up by 83% YoY. In 2016 China imported 18.93 million tons of coal from Russia, up by 18% YoY. In 2015 imports dropped by 60% YoY, to 15.78 million tons. 5 largest companies account for 78.8% of all the coal output (223.3 million tons).…
In September Ukraine mined 1.9 million tons of coal, down by 25.4% YoY and by 3.2% MoM According to the State Statistics Service, in 9 months coal output totaled 18.3 million tons, down by 15.2% YoY. Crimea, Sevastopol and the ATO zone are not taken into account. (Ukrainian metal)
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)