mining
Nuclear power plants in Ukraine may start mining crypto
The acting energy minister has instructed the nuclear operator to study the initiative amid excessive generation that has been a result of falling demand.
22:40, 05 May 2020
Ukraine's justice system employee caught mining crypto at work – media
An IT staffer at Ukraine's State Judicial Administration has been charged with illegally mining cryptocurrency at his workplace.
21:10, 27 February 2020
Zelensky names condition for shutting unprofitable coal mines
The president emphasized that not a single mine can be closed until miners get new jobs with decent pay.
19:50, 25 February 2020
PM Honcharuk: Mining licenses in Ukraine to be sold via ProZorro
The Subsoil User's Investment Atlas will be posted on the regional state administrations' official websites.
14:56, 31 January 2020
Enemy forces launch remotely delivered mines by Ukrainian positions in Donbas – report
The mine sets off once someone trips over one of the four thin nylon wires up to 10 meters long.
20:30, 16 January 2020
Russian-led forces planting proscribed anti-personnel landmines in Donbas – Def. Ministry
The invaders are using mines seized during the demining process in disengagement areas.
16:00, 29 November 2019
Ukraine's digital transformation ministry to legalize cryptomining
The government wants to elaborate taxation rules for handling cryptocurrency.
11:00, 08 October 2019
SBU busts cryptocurrency miners at Ukrainian power plant
Computer equipment was connected to the World Wide Web, which posed a significant threat to cybersecurity at the nuclear site.
18:30, 21 August 2019
Ukraine boosts coal output in 2018
State-owned coal mines during the reporting period extracted 4.14 million tonnes of coal.
15:00, 05 February 2019
Bloomberg: 'Bitcoin and guns, that's the only way to save Ukraine'
Cryptocurrency looks like the way forward in a Ukraine battered by revolution and corruption.
14:26, 11 October 2018
Militants blow up on own mines when trying to penetrate line of contact - Ukraine intel
Russian occupation forces continue to mine the area along the contact line between the warring parties in eastern Ukraine.
15:20, 24 July 2018
No license required in Ukraine for cryptocurrency mining
Crypto miners have moved to the country as it offers favorable conditions to mine cryptocurrencies. In addition to a relaxed regulatory landscape, crypto miners in Ukraine also enjoy low electricity cost of less than $0.04 per kWh.
15:40, 26 June 2018
Russian-led forces actively equipping fire positions in Donbas – Ukraine's Def. Ministry
The Russian occupation troops are carrying out terrain mining with the use of Russian-made anti-personnel mines, which are prohibited by international law.
15:17, 08 June 2018
All eyes on crypto: Mining to become profession, Cabinet says
The government committee endorsed the move to grant crypto mining the status of economic activity, supplementing the Classifier of Economic Activities accordingly.
18:30, 15 March 2018
Ukraine may separate mining from cryptocurrencies
<p>Minister of Economic Development and Trade Stepan Kubiv says the issue could be resolved by drafting a relevant bill.</p>
21:50, 31 January 2018
Avellana Gold gets back earlier withdrawn license for polymetal mining in western Ukraine
<p>The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine has returned to the U.S.-based Avellana Gold international mining company the previously withdrawn special permit for the development of Muzhievo polymetallic ore deposit in Zakarpattia, the west of Ukraine, as well as confidential geological information about the field, according to the company's press service.</p>
15:20, 02 November 2017
Police raid Bitcoin mining farm in Kyiv
<p>Kyiv police along with the SBU security service operatives on Thursday discovered 200 pieces of computer equipment set up for the generation (mining) of the Bitcoin crypto currency.</p>
11:50, 11 August 2017
U.S. investor to inject US$100 mln in gold mining in western Ukraine
<p>U.S.-based Avellana Gold has developed a feasibility study for mining of gold and polymetallic gold ore in Zakarpattia, the west of Ukraine, and plans to invest about US$100 million in it, according to the Ukrainian State Geology and Mineral Resources Service.</p>
23:44, 06 August 2017
Coal production in Ukraine down by 3% since year-start
<p>The extraction of energy and coking coal in Ukraine in January-June 2017 decreased by 2.9% compared to the same period last year, to 18.4 million tonnes, the press service of the Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry.</p>
21:03, 21 July 2017
