Prime Minister Vladimir Groysman has ordered the Ministry of Finances and the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry headed by Igor Nasalik to find additional sources of financing the state coal industry. “We need more system changes to attract investments and increase local coal output”, he said at a government meeting on August 23. He…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has transferred 100 million UAH envisaged for the Ministry of energy and coal industry for the program of labor safety at coalmines to the program of clearing salary debts to miners. According to the ministry, in January-June state mines extracted 2.161 million tons of coal, down by 6.7% from…
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law introducing amendments to Ukraine’s state budget for 2018 regarding the payment of wage arrears to miners, the press service of the head of state has said. “President Petro Poroshenko signed the law of Ukraine on the introduction of amendments to the law of Ukraine on Ukraine’s state…
The Miners Union of Ukraine has applied to the International Labor Organization, a part of UN, with the complaint on the breach of their rights due to the non-payment of salary. According to the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets, the salary debts to miners are growing. So far the debt amounts to 1 billion…
Last week as the result of the flooding at the mine one person perished in the pro-Russia militants-controlled town of Snezhnoye in Donetsk region. The accident happened on August 11. 2 miners were at the accident site. The body of one of them was recovered on August 12. The search for the second miner is…
Flooded mines and destroyed enterprises after the seized territories of Donbass are returned to Ukraine will not be restored. “32 mines are flooded or are being flooded. None will restore them. Never. Some enterprises have been dismantled and taken to Russia, some have been plundered for scrap. It is impossible to resume their operation”, deputy…
Seven individuals detained as a result of the tragedy in the Tkibuli Mindeli mine on April 5 have been officially charged, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. “The investigation found that the detainees had violated the requirements of “technical regulations on safety of coalmines” that prohibited work in shafts where safety rules were violated. Despite…
The speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Andrei Parubiy has signed the decree on state coal industry financing. The decree has been sent to the president Petro Poroshenko. 261 members of the parliament voted in favor of the decree. The decree aims to clear salary debts to state miners. (Ukrainian metal)