The Cabinet of Ministers asks the Verkhovnaya Rada to cancel the prohibition for women to work in harmful conditions and underground. The corresponding decision was taken at the government meeting on May 10. In particular, it was suggested to eliminated a certain clause in the Labor Code and denounce the International Labor Organization convention on…
The chairman of the Independent Miners Union of Ukraine Mikhail Volynets claims that the total salary debts at state mines exceeds 740 million UAH. “The monthly salary fund at state coal enterprises is 530 million UAH. The number of employees is 41 thousand people”, he said. According to him, debts for 2015-2017 stand at 274…
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has provided over 131 million UAH to prevent the environment catastrophe and shutting down of mines in Donbass. According to the chairman of the Ministry on temporarily occupied territories and internally displaced persons Vadim Chernysh, this decision will help regulate not only the problem of the catastrophe and allow…
By the end of 2018 a document will have been prepared on the feasibility study of the sulfide phase in the operation of the Chovdar Deposit located in the Dashkasan region of Azerbaijan, Chairman of the Board of AzerGold Company Zakir Ibrahimov said. “At the moment we are producing non-ferrous and precious metals at the…
The state enterprise Regional Power Grid has cut electricity supplies to the mines of Mirnogradugol, Selidovugol, Lisichanskugol, Pervomayskugol and Toretskugol. According to Mikhail Volynets, the chairman of the Independent Miners’ Union of Ukraine, state mines of Chervonograd and Volyn were also left without electricity. At present the union is taking actions to restore power supply…
Late on April 16 there was an explosion of an air-methane mixture at the Pokrovskaya mine in Donetsk region. The explosion occurred at the depth of 470 meters on the second south long face. 7 miners were injured. They have been taken to the hospitals in the cities of Kramatorsk and Mirnograd. (Ukrainian metal)
South Kuzbass has purchased new machinery for the Krasnogorskaya processing factory. The separator valued at 6.4 million rubles has been purchased under the technical revamping program. The new machine can process 215 tons of ore per hour. “The new machinery will provide for the stable operation of the whole manufacture, decrease operational expenses and electric…
Astana is gearing up to host the 25th World Mining Congress on June 19-22. Majilis member Albert Rau said that it would be a milestone event dated to the 60th anniversary since its establishment of the Congress in Warsaw in 1958. According to Rau, the establishment of the congress led to a significant breakthrough in…