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Energy Ministry: Ukraine loses 3.4 million tonnes of coal because of terrorists
05.09.2014 12:04 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
While speaking at a Thursday meeting of the coordinating council for the restoration of Ukrainian statehood in the Donbas and Crimea, the Ukrainian First Deputy Minister for Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Ziukov said that many coalmines have been destroyed as a result of fighting in Ukraines eastern regions, and the losses of coal needed for the countrys energy security have already reached 3.4 million tonnes, NRCU reports referring to Ukrinform.
«Over the period of the hostilities, which began in late April, we lost 3.4 million tonnes of coal, which could have been extracted at these enterprises, including 2.3 million tonnes of anthracite,» Ziukov said. In particular, he focused on the situation at most state-owned mines. «Of the 95 state-owned mines currently operating are 24. They are operating normally, and all workers are fully involved there. Fifty-seven mines are in life support mode, employing a minimum of people to support them. Thus, about 70,000 miners are currently not involved in the production process,» he said.
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