Ukraine has received a confirmation of the arrival of the working group from USA on May 23. At present Ukraine is reviewing three sources of coal. “There are three sources, from where we intend to buy coal. The first is Richards Bay in South Africa. DTEK and Tekhnova are the main importers. Then its Kazakhstan,…
Uralmashzavod has concluded a contract for the delivery of an EKG-20 excavator to Mechel. The No. 18 machine will be operating at Neryungrinsky open-pit of Yakutugol, a part of Mechel. The excavator will be supplied in late 2017. Last year the company received 2 similar excavators. One has already been successfully put into operation. (Ukrainian…
The Ministry of energy and coal industry has asked the State Fiscal Service to confiscate all the coal originating from the occupied regions of Donbass. According to the ministry letter, the SFS has to demand the certificate of origin when the coal is imported, as well as take samples to check sulfur contents. The coal…
In January-April Ukraine decreased coking coal output by 19.4% YoY, to 2.3 million tons. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, power-generating coal output went up by 1.1%, to 10.8 million tons. All in all in 4 months Ukraine mined 13.1 million tons of coal, down by 3.2% YoY. As of May 1,…
Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers decided to resume licensing of anthracite exports in 2017 in consultation with Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry to overcome crisis in the energy sector linked to termination of anthracite supplies from Ukrainian government uncontrolled territories of Donbas. “The resolution is intended to provide for a balance on domestic market, prevent…
An American working group on the issue of coal deliveries will arrive in Ukraine. “On May 23 the American group will come”, the minister of energy and coal industry Igor Nasalik declared. At the same time he noted that Ukraine would not be using anthracite coal in May and June. (Ukrainian metal)
In January-April coal companies of Kemerovo region mined 77.3 million tons of coal, up by 8% YoY. According to the regional state administration, power-generating coal output totaled 56.7 million tons, up by 10.5%, and coking coal output remained on the 2016 level (20.6 million tons). (Ukrainian metal)
Rosterminalugol JSC, the largest dedicated coal port in the Baltic region, a part of Russia’s largest coal port holding Port Management Company LLC, says it has exported 8 million tons of coal this year (as of May 17). According to the company, the terminal’s throughput surged by 41% YoY. The milestone ton was loaded onto…