The Kapitalnaya mine (previously mine named after Stakhanov) of the state enterprise Mirnogradugol (previously Krasnoarmeyskugol) has put into operation the fifth northern long face. The reserves of the long face are estimated at 510 thousand tons of coal, or 1 year of operation. Investments in the long face totaled 138 million UAH. In autumn the…
In January-June Uglegorskugol LLC mined 17.733 thousand tons of coal at its Central site of the Solntsevskoye deposits. In H1 2016 the company mined 148.664 thousand tons of coal, with 337.473 thousand tons mined in the whole 2016. The decrease of the output is connected with the thinning of the licensed sites. The company has…
The import of coal from USA will ultimately destroy Ukrainian industry because of the high tariffs on electricity manufacture. “The increase of coal price will affect tariffs for industry, not to worsen the social tension, which is high anyway. All of us will be affected indirectly, as the prices will rise”, the energy expert Valentin…
The first 120 thousand tons of coal from the USA will arrive in Ukraine by the end of July, Ukrenergo acting head Vsevolod Kovalchuk noted. According to him, Ukraine and the USA have already clarified all the conditions of the deal on purchasing American coal. (Ukrainian metal)
President of the United States Donald Trump is ready to sell “millions and millions of tons of coal” to Ukraine. Trump announced his plans to export coal to Ukraine. “Ukraine already tells us they need millions and millions of metric tons of coal,” Trump said at an event at the Department of Energy. “Right now,…
The Ministry of energy expects coal exports to grow by 6.3-9.4% YoY in 2017, to 175-180 million tons. In 2016 Russia exported 164.6 million tons of coal, up by 8.7% YoY. The ministry also expects coal output to reach 395 million tons this year, up by 2.4% YoY. (Ukrainian metal)
Uskovskaya mine is one of the best coal enterprises of Kuzbass as to output. 1 million tons of coal have been mined from two long faces – 50-10 and 50-08 (put into operation in May). The target was reached in 4 months. Each month the miners yield 250 thousand tons of coal. The first 1…
Poland’s Weglokoks has no plans to import coal from Russia, the company said in a statement following a report by newspaper Rzeczpospolita that it plans to do so due to the lack of own production. “There are many possible directions of coal imports. They are currently being analyzed, but preliminary understanding of the markets already…