Ukraine posts 1.7% rise in coal production in 11 months

Ukrainian coal mining companies have increased production by 1.7% in January-November 2016 (by 629,700 tonnes) compared to the same period of 2015, to 37.003 million tonnes.

A source in the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry told Interfax-Ukraine coking coal production increased by 3.5% (by 261,700 tonnes), to 7.695 million tonnes, steam coal output was up by 1.3% (by 368,000 tonnes), to 29.308 million tonnes.

Coal mining enterprises managed by the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry in January-November 2016 reduced production by 14.3% (by 877,200 tonnes), to 5.276 million tonnes, in particular output of coking coal decreased by 21% (by 379,500 tonnes), to 1.425 million tonnes, steam coal by 11.4% (by 497,700 tonnes), to 3.851 million tonnes.

Mines in Donetsk region for the 11 months of this year produced 14.239 million tonnes of coal (a 9.1% rise compared to January-November 2015), Luhansk region 4.403 million tonnes (11.1% more), Dnipropetrovsk region 16.742 million tonnes (3.3% less), Lviv region 1.451 million tonnes (19.6% less), and Volyn region 168,200 tonnes (25.7% down).