Ukraine: DTEK commissions 25 long faces

In January-November, DTEK commissioned 25 new coal long faces. “In 10 months, 23 long faces were launched. And two more in November. Despite war, our miners were able to maintain coal output at the previous year lever,” the company said. 100 thousand tons of coal were supplied to heat-generating enterprises, with 10 thousand tons more…

Ukraine: DTEK interested in Lviv state mines

DTEK intends in short-term to start exporting coal to Europe. “In the short-term we could replace Russian coal. We could become a supplier. For example, Poland has already dumped Russian coal, thus enabling us to make small deliveries to Poland and Slovakia,” the company CEO Maksim Timchenko said. DTEK is also mulling control over the…

Ukraine: DTEK installs Wi-Fi in mine

For the first time in Ukraine, DTEK has installed Wi-Fi at the depth of 500 meters at the Yubileynaya mine in order to provide a multi-functional system for miners’ safety, using almost 130 km of cable. “The system will allow getting data from various safety meters in real time and informing miners of the change…