Kuzbass continued supply of coal in Ukraine, said the source
Kuzbass organization continued Supply of coal to power companies of Ukraine, said Last news on Tuesday, a source in the administration of the Kemerovo region.
before the first day of the week the Ministry of energy of Ukraine informed that the Supply of coal from Russia to the Ukrainian Donbas fuel and energy company (DTEK) and Centrenergo stopped for some time. The Agency referring to the press service of Ukraine informed that shipment of coal contracts from suppliers Kuzbass inexplicably stopped for some time from the evening of 21 November.
" Deliveries of coal from Kuzbass organizations did not stop and continue in the same volume, " - said the head of the Department, explaining these data.
Ukraine is experiencing a shortage of coal in connection with the operation in the Donbas, where is the vast number of coal mines in the country. The Ukrainian government has agreed with the British Steel Mont Trading on the supply of 1 million tons of coal from South Africa, a quarter of them have already received. However, later as the General Prosecutor's office of Ukraine due to the high cost of coal filed a case under the criminal code of embezzlement, the trader because of the reputational risk has decided to limit the minimum possible supply volumes five hundred thousand tons.
The Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan, who is also a witness in the criminal case, said on 12 November that the country has supposedly 1, 7 million tons of coal reserves. It is not enough to pass the winter, for this reason, in Kiev there are two options: to purchase coal in the Russian Federation or in the Donbass. Power DND already told that they will not put Kiev coal until the end of hostilities.