After a failure in the supply of coal from South Africa in Kiev there are two options-to buy it in Russia or in the Donbass, said the head of Ministry of energy of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan.
Sold said that Ukraine has about 1, 7 million tons of coal reserves, " it's not enough ", RIA " Novosti ". On Tuesday, the government of Donetsk national Republic told about ready to sell the coal to all countries, except Ukraine ". As reported in the print edition GLANCE, coal shortage threatens to leave Ukraine without electricity. The fighting in the East has led to a sharp decline in coal production - and It serves as a source of fuel for power plants, giving a significant part of Ukrainian electricity. In early November it was announced that in the end military operations in the Donets basin, where 80% of Ukrainian mines, the country lost about 12 million tons of coal. In early October, the Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Yuriy Prodan said that Ukraine does not have enough coal to produce 30% of electricity. He also said that the Ukrainian private organizations intend to buy before the end of 2014, about 4 million tons of coal from Russia.


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