Coal output in Ukraine declines 22.4% in 2014

Coking coal output last year fell by 32.1%, to 16.109 million tonnes, while production of power-generating coal declined by 18.5%, to 48.867 million tonnes.

The coalmines subordinated to the ministry reduced coal production by 26.6% in 2014, to 17.726 million tonnes. In particular, coking coal production decreased by 31.9%, to 4.602 million tonnes, while power-generating coal output fell by 24.5%, to 13.124 million tonnes.

In December 2014, coal production plummeted by 54.5% from December 2013, to 3.429 million tonnes. In particular, coking coal output plunged by 72.8%, to 563,200 tonnes, while power-generating coal production decreased by 47.6%, to 2.866 million tonnes.

The ministry’s coalmines in December 2014 cut production by 74.3%, to 581,800 tonnes. In particular, coking coal production plunged by 85%, to 100,100 tonnes, power-generating coal fell by 69.8%, to 481,700 tonnes.

Coalmines in Donetsk region in 2014 produced 26.073 million tonnes of coal (30.4% down from 2013), those in Luhansk region mined 17.879 million tonnes (31.3% down), Dnipropetrovsk region 18.917 million tonnes (4% up on 2013), Lviv region 1.816 million tonnes (20.3% up), and Volyn region 291,300 tonnes (22.6% down).

Coal production in Donetsk region in December 2014 amounted to 1.084 million tonnes (66.8% down from December 2013), Luhansk region produced 485,400 tonnes of coal (78.7% down), Dnipropetrovsk region 1.674 million tonnes (0.6% down), Lviv region 163,500 tonnes (12.7% up), and Volyn region 22,700 tonnes (35.9% down).

As reported, Ukraine has begun importing power-generating coal from South Africa and Russia due to a decline in coal production in Donetsk and Luhansk regions amid hostilities, which caused a decrease in coal stocks at thermal power plants’ warehouses.

Ukraine in 2013 saw a 2.6% decline in coal production from 2012, to 83.698 million tonnes. In particular, state-owned mines reduced coal production by 2.9% in 2013, to 24.147 million tonnes.