The Ukrainian authorities lifted the ban on the export of coking coal, said government spokesman Taras Melnichuk.
“Exports from Ukraine have been liberalized within certain volumes of coking coal quotas not used for thermal generation,” he notes on social networks.
In September, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine banned the export of coal in order to ensure supplies for the heating season, in particular, the accumulation of sufficient fuel reserves for thermal generation.
According to the Ukrainian customs, in January-September, the volume of exports of coal and anthracite from Ukraine amounted to 624.2 thousand tons. The main consumers were Slovakia with a share of 60.6%, Poland with a share of 24.9% and Hungary with a share of 13.15%.
Metinvest's Pokrovskugol produced 4 million tons of coal in January-October, the report said. During this period, the enrichment plant of the enterprise processed the entire volume of mined coal, which means that another 1.86 million tons of high-quality coal concentrate appeared, according to the enterprise.
In July, Metinvest commissioned a new southern longwall 13 of block 10 at the Pokrovsky coal mine. Coal reserves are estimated at more than 1 million tons.
Metinvest's Pokrovskaya mine continues to produce coking coal and currently operates four production sites. The company also managed to find additional sales markets not only in Ukraine, but also in other countries - Slovakia, Hungary, Poland - and is considering the possibility of cooperation with Western European factories. The coal export ban appears to have thwarted these plans.
