Ukraine does not have enough coal to produce 30% of electricity, said at a press conference the Minister of energy and coal industry Yuriy Prodan. according to his statement, 155 mines in Ukraine 83 mines are on the square occupied by the militia, 7 mines destroyed completely." so, there is not enough coal to produce 30% of electricity, " said Sold, quoted by TASS. According to him, it is for this reason, the government issued an order for interim measures in the electricity market, which provides the maximum loading of nuclear power plants. On Wednesday Sold said that the Ukrainian private organizations intend to buy before the end of 2014, about 4 million tons of coal from Russia. His Ukrainian coal power plants will only last until November, said first independent trade Union of miners of the country. According to him, at the beginning of September in warehouses TPP was 1, seven million tons of coal. In the last month of summer Authorised 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. According to the envoy Institute for economic research and policy consulting Dmytro Naumenko, Ukraine cheaper to import coal from South Africa, rather than to apply their own "." Ukrainian coal is very expensive, the coal industry is subsidized, for this reason it is cheaper to import from South Africa and America, where the cost of fuel is very low. Us such projects profitable, " said Naumenko.
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