Coal production in Ukraine has grown by 5.1%

According to the information of Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry in January-October 2012 the volume of coal production in Ukraine made up 71 165.8 thousand tons (by 5.1% more than in January-October 2011), including coking coal - 20 652.9 thousand tons (by 0.3% less), energy coal - 50 512.9 thousand tons (by 7.5% more).

Coal mines relating to the management of Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry produced 20 626.9 thousand tons of coal (by 35.4% less), including coking coal - 6 003.6 thousand tons (by 4.8% less), energy coal - 14 623.3 thousand tons (by 42.9% less).

Targets for coal production are surpassed by 22.6% including by enterprises belonging to the sphere of management Ministry - by 2.6%.

Reference: In 2011 coal production in Ukraine made ud 81 859.4 thousand tons (by 8.9% more than in 2010), including coking coal - 24 858.9 thousand tons (by 3.7% more), energy coal - 57 000.5 thousand tons (by 11.4% more).

Production volume of enterprises relating to the management of Ministry made up 38 431 thousand tons (by 0.1% less), including coking coal - 7 540.5 thousand tons (by 1.2% less), energy coal - 30 890.5 thousand tons (by 0.3% less).

At the end of 2011 integral property assets of state enterprise "Rovenkianthratsit" and "Sverdlovantratsit" were transferred to the concession to DTEK.

Source: UA Energy © 2012