Coal production in Ukraine grew by almost 10%

According to operational data of Ministry of energy and coal industry in January-November 2011 the coal production in Ukraine made up 75 071.8 thousand tons (by 9.6% more than in January-November 2010) including coking - 22 773.1 thousand tonnes (by 3.8% more), the energy coal - 52 298.7 thousand tonnes (by 12.4% more).

Coal mines within the Ministry of energy and coal industry scope of control extracted 35 202.0 thousand tonnes of coal (by 0.9% more), including coking - 6 919.1 thousand tonnes (by 1.4% more), energy coal - 28 282.9 thousand tonnes (by 0.8% more).

The coal production plan was exceeded by 22.6% including by companies falling within the scope of Ministry of energy and coal industry controls - by 7.3%.

Background: In 2010 coal production in Ukraine amounted to 75,231 million tonnes (by 4.1% more than in 2009), including coking coal - 24,182 million tonnes (6.2% less), the energy - 51,049 million tonnes (by 9.9% more). The plan of coal production was exceeded by 15.4%, including coking - by 51.3%, energy coal - by 3.7%.

In 2010 the state coal-mining enterprises produced 38,450 million tonnes of coal (by 0.2% more than in 2009), including coking - 7,455 million tonnes (by 17.8% less), the energy – 30,995 million tonnes (by 5.8% more). The plan of coal production was exceeded by 1.2%, including coking - by 6.6%, energy coal - was not fulfilled by 0.04%.