Energy holding DTEK Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov owed 700 million (about $ 28 million) public organization " Ukrainian Coal ", which implements the Coal with the state coal plants, told reporters the head of the Ministry of energy and coal industry of Ukraine Volodymyr Demchyshyn.
Akhmetov - the richest Ukrainian businessman By assumption Forbes. It is identified eleven billion dollars. Headquarters Akhmetov first delivered humanitarian supplies to the Donbass.
"There are several debtors. DTEK is obliged 700 million organization " Ukrainian Coal ", and state "Centrenergo" 140 million UAH (about 5, $ 6 million)." Centrenergo " today is paying the next installment, but with DTEK dialogues as complex. He does not agree to repay this debt, As it has certain rules, which we, unfortunately, are unable to agree as long as ", - quotes Demchishin Agency.
The Minister said that in the current conditions for the miners with the state-owned mines have a large debt, which is also affected by the lack of opportunity to send the extracted Coal gas mark at Uglegorsk TPP, transport infrastructure which was under fire.
Demchyshyn expressed the hope that in the near future Uglegorsk TPP will start to work As early as March, an opportunity arose to send fuel." If it starts to work within 2 weeks you will start to receive money from the combustion of coal and we will be able to settle with the miners, " said Demchyshyn.
at the end of February Uglegorsk thermal power plant in Donetsk oblast, member of the Ukrainian state energy company " Centrenergo ", stopped the production of electricity due to the lack of coal, the delivery of which is impossible in connection with the fire of the railway tracks.
the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian mines are located in the Donbass, Most of them came under the control of the militia, now Kiev is forced to buy imported Coal. As said previously the head of the Ministry of energy, state subsidies to coal mines in 2015 will be reduced by 70%.
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