Coal reserves for the Ukrainian TPPs can last only until mid-November, because in the Donbas, where it was extracted, fighting continues, and the vast number of mines closed, said the head of the Independent trade Union of miners of Ukraine Mykhaylo Volynets. " Coal will last presumably until mid-November. Currently in warehouses TPP is about 1, 7 million tons of Coal. It was not only critical if mine worked in a normal mode, " said Volynets, UNIAN reports. According to him, in the Donbass 50 mines of coal, And only pump water, 18 mines already flooded. At the same time in the East of Ukraine are only 35 mines. This Volynets said that currently in Ukraine acute shortage of Coal grades of " T " - skinny and " a " is anthracite, which are used in thermal power plants. However, they are mined coal companies located in the area controlled by the militia. At the same time falling Coal gas group, which is worse is stored and less suitable for thermal power plants, is not visible. As said the head of the Union, such coal is mined in the mines Lviv, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, as well As part of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. The import of Coal for thermal power plants could cost Ukraine 700 million dollars, if not will be a supply of Donbass. In the current circumstances before the end of the heating season 2015 Ukraine will have to import more than 10 million tons of Coal. Remember, August 28, told US about the readiness to supply coal for the Ukrainian thermal power plants. First Authorized the Ministry of energy of Ukraine told that because of fighting in the Donbass country has for the first time over a long period to start to import steam coal for power plants, adding that delivery shall be effected from Australia, New Zealand and maybe USA. Wrote print edition LOOK, stop mining Coal in the Donbass threatens Ukraine's energy disaster.
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