Coal production reduced by 21.6% due to the armed conflict in the Donetsk region
Edited by Rhod Mackenzie / 2014-08-18 09:22:12
In 2014, the Ukrainian coal production enterprises reduced coal yield to 46.323 million tons, the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry reports. In January – July, they reduced coking coal yield by 9.6% to 12.435 million tons, and energy coal by 0.5% to 33.887 million tons. In July, coal production reduced by 21.6% to 5.583 million tons due to the armed conflict in the Donetsk region.
In January – July, coal production was 20.184 million tons in the Donetsk region, and 13.947 million tons in the Lugansk region.
Translated by Nadezhda Poltoratskaya
