According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine, coal Production in the country decreased by 22, 3% in 2014 compared with the figure of 2013, amounting to 64, 995 million tons. The coking coal (used in metallurgii in the country decreased by 32% to 16, 139 million tons, the energy used (energy) 18, 5% to 48, 856 million tons, reports a news Agency. The consumption of coal production in Ukraine for 2014 was declined by 16, 4% to 31, 562 million tons, said the press service of the Ministry of coal industry. Remember, January 25, Deputy Minister of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Oleksandr svetlik said that due to the actual loss of the region, which supplied the country Coal, Ukraine has no other choice but to purchase this type of fuel abroad. According to the state statistics service of Ukraine, the volume of coal production in the country for one year decreased by 49, 6% from 5 million tons to 2, 5 million tons. January 12, Chapter DND said that Ukraine "by any means" buys Donetsk Coal, despite the armed confrontation. Fifteen January Donetsk national Republic in the form of humanitarian aid sent to Ukraine five carriages of coal weighing 300 tons. At the end of December 2014 chief Petro Poroshenko at the final press conference said that the Ukrainian authorities are ready to buy Coal at uncontrolled territories of Kiev Donbass. However, energy Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn stated that, despite the lack of fuel, Kiev is not going to buy the Coal from the militia. The Ukrainian authorities have plans just to export 2 million tons of fuel from the Donbass. According to him, this Coal is placed in the warehouses of the Ukrainian state company " Coal of Ukraine ". However, the Ministry of fuel and energy complex DND told that it was not going to give Coal. According to their statements, it will be sold, the money will be spent on wages of miners who Kyiv does not pay since the summer.
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