On February 10, 163 million UAH were transferred to clear salary debts to state miners. According to the Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection, the money will cover December 2019 wages. Among others, the money will be spent to pay wage arrears to the employees of the Mine named after Surgay, Yuzhnodonbasskoye Mine Group No.…
This year Ukraine will fire 28 thousand miners working at state enterprises. “I want to warn Ukrainian miners and trade unions. According to my information, this year some 28 thousand state miners will be fired. This will affect 100 thousand people in related industries”, the head of the Radical Party Oleg Lyashko has declared. The…
The authorities of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a terrorist organization created and supported by Russia, acknowledged there were delays in paying salary, especially in mining and metal industries, in late 2019 and early January. According to them, the main reason is that the world does not recognize the “republic”. Moreover, the ongoing military activity,…
The Cabinet of Ministers has sent 169 million UAH to clear salary debts to Lisichanskugol and Pervomaiskugol. In December 2019, the Prime Minister Alexei Honcharuk acknowledged salary debts to miners. As of December 12, 2019 they reached 1.072 billion UAH. This year the state budget envisions 3.5 billion UAH to support the coal industry. (Ukrainian…
The critical situation at the Mine named after Saint Matrona has been discussed in Donetsk region. Representatives of the trade unions met with the authorities of Toretsk town. The wage arrears, electricity provision as well as future operation of the enterprise have been discussed. The mine employs 457 people. For the past two months no…
Last year Rosgeologia discovered 40 new deposits, including those containing rare-earth metals, gold and silver. In addition to prospecting, the enterprise was also working in the field of digitalization. The project to develop digital geology was named Geologia 4.0. The program includes the option of using new technologies in prospecting, for example, drones. Rosgeologia has…
In January-November the Fund of the Social Insurance paid 4.52 billion UAH to miners, who suffered as a result of accidents, and their families. The payments grew by 10% YoY. Monthly insurance payments reached 4.4 billion UAH. They are paid to 88.6 thousand miners and their families. An average amount of an insurance payment is…
The Finance Ministry will spend 300 million UAH to pay salaries to state miners until the end of the year. According to the finance minister Oksana Markarova, it is necessary to review the state mines financing system. “There is a systemic problem in the industry – a small number of mines on the verge of…