The third Congress of miners of Ukraine devoted to the removal of the coal industry of the country from the fall, opened on Tuesday in the October Palace in Kiev.
Ukraine due to the conflict in the Donbass lost Many mines. On beyond the control of Kiev remained the most profitable mines, and companies, remaining under the control of the authorities of Ukraine, produce unprofitable gas coals. Most of these plants unprofitable, the government has no money for their maintenance, for this reason, it is expected that a phased closure.
to the Congress of miners arrived 791 delegates. The event also involved the head of the Ministry of energy of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn, the deputies of the Verkhovna Rada and the leadership of the largest in Ukraine private energy holding DTEK.
Miners in the process of the Congress are going to push the authorities to their demands - miners nourish the hope to stabilize the situation in the energy industry, the repayment of wage arrears, the cessation of coal imports and the allocation of state support for loss-making mines.
first Ukrainian Miners held a series of meetings with similar requirements.
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