The real price of cheap coal
Arisen due to the tense situation in the east of the country’s own coal shortage has forced Ukraine to import fuel from abroad. But officials make it opaque, and revealed the price difference, apparently, will allow some of them even earn In connection with the ongoing fighting in the Donbas, which led to the halt of most coal mines in the region, in Ukraine there was an unprecedented situation - anthracite coal deficit brand actually was. Ukrainian power generating companies, both private and public, are sounding the alarm: coal reserves they are almost there, and to restore the supplies of war-torn region can not count. If we consider that the share of thermal power plants and CHP plants based on coal, accounting for about 50% of total electricity production in Ukraine, the consequences that await Ukraine, if the fuel is not found, will be catastrophic.