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State-owned coal mines during the reporting period extracted 4.14 million tonnes of coal.
Output of thermal and coking coal in Ukraine in 2018 increased by 0.9% compared to the same period last year, from 33 million to 33.29 million tonnes.
State-owned coal mines during the reporting period extracted 4.14 million tonnes of coal, according to the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine.
In particular, the output of coking coal, used for the needs of steelmakers, fell by 14.6%, to 5.81 million tonnes, while that of thermal coal rose by 4.9%, to 27.48 million tonnes.
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In the overall structure of output in 2018, coking coal amounted to 17.4%, while thermal coal totaled 82.5%.
UNIAN memo. Hostilities in the eastern regions of Ukraine have caused a significant shortage of coal, primarily that of thermal anthracite group produced in militant-controlled areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Energy companies began to transfer the thermal power plants' units from anthracite to gas coal feeding. However, there has been a shortage of the latter since the output of gas coal did not keep pace with its consumption growth. To solve the problem, the companies signed contracts for coal imports from South Africa and the United States.