REUTERS
Ukraine in July 2017 reduced coal consumption by 19.4% compared to the same period last year, to 3.57 million tonnes, according to the State Statistics Service of Ukraine.
However, coal consumption in July 2017 increased by 11.3% from June 2017.
Read alsoUkraine сuts coal consumption by almost 27% in 1H 2017As UNIAN reported, Ukraine's Energy and Coal Ministry said that coal consumption in 2016 grew by 9.4% from 2015, to 31.3 million tonnes.
In June 2017, Ukraine consumed 3.2 million tonnes of coal, which was 21.5% down year-over-year.