Ukraine reduced coal production approximately 7% in 2009 to 72.22 million tonnes, the Coal Ministry told Interfax. Coking coal production fell 4.3% to just under 25.5 million tonnes, and steam coal fell 8.4% to 46.725 million tonnes. Coal production was still 14.1% above the target set by the Coal Ministry.
State-owned coal mines accountable to the Coal Ministry reduced production 15.3% in 2009 to 38.44 million tonnes, including 9.134 million tonnes of coking coal, down 10.9%, and 29.306 million tonnes of steam coal, down 16.6%.
Overall coal production in December alone rose 1.1% year-on-year to just under 6.2 million tonnes, including 1.87 million tonnes of coking coal, up 5.2%, and 4.331 million tonnes of steam coal, down 0.6% year-on-year.
Coal production in Ukraine rose 3% in 2008 compared with 2007 to 77.673 million tonnes, including 26.642 million tonnes of coking coal, down 6.2%, but 51.031 million tonnes of steam coal, up 8.5%.
Coal production in Ukraine in 2008 and 2009, tonnes:
Coalmine | 2008 | 2009 | Change, % |
PavlohradVuhillia | 14,162,640 | 13,731,599 | -3.0 |
SverdlovAntratsit | 6,109,715 | 5,817,640 | -4.8 |
Krasnoarmiyska-Zakhidna | 4,982,339 | 5,377,000 | 7.9 |
KrasnodonVuhillia | 6,181,000 | 5,371,078 | -13.1 |
RovenkyAntratsit | 6,000,205 | 4,945,883 | -17.6 |
KomsomoletsDonbasu | 3,422,195 | 3,903,840 | 14.1 |
MakiyivVuhillia | 3,322,903 | 3,404,226 | 2.4 |
DobropilliaVuhillia | 4,095,020 | 2,832,218 | -30.8 |
LvivVuhillia" | 2,852,313 | 2,503,248 | -12.2 |
DUEK (Donetsk Coal Energy Company) | 2,595,963 | 2,316,313 | -10.8 |
LuhanskVuhillia | 2,849,020 | 2,337,446 | -18.0 |
Krasnolymanska | 1,830,006 | 1,640,397 | -10.4 |
Antratsit | 2,063,401 | 1,710,054 | -17.1 |
Donbas mining coal mining enterprise | 1,561,000 | 1,394,900 | -10.6 |
Zasyadko coal mine | 1,299,818 | 1,552,129 | 19.4 |
DonbasAntratsit | 1,243,545 | 1,195,879 | -3.8 |
SelydVuhillia | 1,642,049 | 1,191,157 | -27.5 |
Bilozirska coal mine* | – | 1,073,700 | – |
Zhdanivska coal mine | 932,000 | 882,800 | -5.3 |
Pivdenno-Donbaske No. 1 coal mining enterprise | 829,590 | 882,777 | 6.4 |
KrasnoarmiskVuhillia | 1,221,514 | 778,781 | -36.2 |
Bilorichenska coal mine | 1,030,600 | 777,950 | -24.5 |
TorezAntratsit | 777,255 | 635,608 | -18.2 |
ArtemVuhillia | 712,919 | 575,885 | -19.2 |
LysychanskVuhillia | 445,179 | 640,007 | 43.8 |
PervomaiskVuhillia | 479,221 | 565,342 | 18.0 |
SnizhneAntratsit | 575,719 | 558,602 | -3.0 |
ShakhtarskAntratsit | 831,092 | 559,211 | -32.7 |
DzerzhynskVuhillia | 583,976 | 538,576 | -7.8 |
OrdzhonikidzeVuhillia | 533,781 | 516,161 | -3.3 |
VolynVuhillia | 574,243 | 476,014 | -17.1 |
Krasnolymanske LLC | 601,723 | 520,482 | -13.5 |
Nadiya coal mine | 253,000 | 250,000 | -1.2 |
UkrVuhleBud | 268,129 | 194,973 | -27.3 |
Chapayev coal mining enterprise | 124,817 | 207,439 | 66.2 |
Sadova LLC coal mine | – | 102,643 | – |
Novodzerzhynska coal mine | 69,580 | 63,091 | -9.3 |
Other coal mining enterprises | 597,473 | 194,442 | -67.5 |
TOTAL | 77,654,943 | 72,219,491 | -7.0 |
