Ukraine sees 8% reduction in coal production in Jan-Nov 2020

Ukraine saw a 7.8% reduction in production of thermal and coking coal in January-November 2020 year-over-year (y-o-y), to 26.2 million tonnes.

In particular, thermal coal production in the first 11 months fell by 6% y-o-y, to 2.6 million tonnes, Ukraine's Energy Ministry said.

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• Production of thermal and coking coal in Ukraine fell by 6.2% in 2019 from 2018, to 31.22 million tonnes.