Ukraine: coal imports down in January-February 2020

In January-February, Ukraine decreased coal imports by 8.6% YoY, to 3.09 million tons, valued at $338.01 million, down by 29.9%. According to the State Tax Service, Russia supplied $207.216 million worth of coal (61.3%), USA – $102.178 million (30.23%), Kazakhstan – $15.296 million (4.53%) and other countries – $13.323 million (3.94%). Ukraine did not export…

Uzbekistan: coal imports up in 2019

In 2019 Uzbekistan increased coal imports by 21.8%, to 706.8 thousand tons, valued at $20.3 million, up by 25.5%. The largest suppliers were Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan, which increased sales by 29%, to 556.1 thousand tons, and by 7.1%, to 136.5 thousand tons respectively. The price of Kyrgyz coal dropped from $26.06 to $25.78 per ton,…

Russia: coal output down in February 2020

In February Russia mined 32.6 million tons of coal, down by 6.6% YoY. Deliveries to the domestic market grew by 1.4%, to 15.82 million tons, while exports fell by 12%, to 12.68 million tons, and imports increased by 3%, to 1.69 million tons. In January-February coal output decreased by 7.5% YoY, to 66.54 million tons.…

Russia: Bikinskoye coal output down in 2019

Luchegorsky Coal Pit (LUR), developing the Bikinskoye coal deposit in Primorye region, in 2019 extracted 4.395 million tons of coal, down by 14% YoY. The company employed two contractors – SK-Universal LLC and Petrotrade-M LLC. LUR extracted 3.213 million tons of coal, Petrotrade-M – 391 thousand tons and SK-Universal – 790 thousand tons. The decrease…

Ukraine: coal output down in February 2020

In February, Ukraine produced over 2.55 million tons of coal, down by 0.2% from the target. The Coal Miners Union of Ukraine reported this with a reference to the data provided by the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry. Since the start of the year, coalmining enterprises of all forms of ownership have produced 5,204,410 tons…