The German DMT Group will study the labor conditions in mines located in Tkibuli, western Georgia, in the wake of a deadly blast earlier this year claiming the lives of four miners and leaving another six injured. The Mindeli coalmine has been closed since the blast took place on July 16. The DMT Group will…
Out of 27 operating mines in Armenia at 10 violations have been spotted. The main violations concerned tax obligations. To remove violations the mines are given 90 days. If violations are not removed, the mines licenses will be cancelled. (Ukrainian metal)
At least 6.5 billion rubles are needed to resume operation of the flooded mines in Partizansk. And the work will last for some 3 years. Suchan-Ugol LLC announced its planes to revive coal industry in Partizanks in January. At present the company is a resident of the Free Port of Vladivostok. The company intends to…
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…