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Ukraine cuts coal output by 52.2% in H1

Ukrainian coal mining enterprises in January-June 2015 reduced production of raw coal by 52.2%, or 21.27 million tonnes, year-over-year, to 19.469 million tonnes, according to rough estimates.

Coking coal output in the first six months of the year fell by 64%, or 7.198 million tonnes, to 4.055 million tonnes and production of power-generating coal decreased by 47.7%, or 14.072 million tonnes, to 15.414 million tonnes, a source in the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry told Interfax-Ukraine.

The ministry's coalmines reduced production by 72.3%, or 8.955 million tonnes, to 3.437 million tonnes in January-June 2015. In particular, coking coal output decreased by 68.8%, or 2.270 million tonnes, to 1.030 million tonnes, power-generating coal output fell by 73.5%, or 6.686 million tonnes, to 2.407 million tonnes.

In the first half of 2015, coalmines in Donetsk region produced 6.836 million tonnes of coal (61.5% down on January-June 2014), in Luhansk 1.941 million tonnes (84.6% down), Dnipropetrovsk region 9.514 million tonnes (1.9% up), Lviv region 1.041 million tonnes (20.2% up), and Volyn 137,300 tonnes (0.4% down).

source: http://en.interfax.com.ua