KYIV. June 19 (Interfax-Ukraine) – A new longwall face with coal with coal deposits of around 500,000 tonnes has been launched at state-owned enterprise Pivdennodonbaske colliery group 1 (Vuhledar, Donetsk region). It would allow the coalmine to produce 800 tonnes of coal a day, Head of Donetsk Regional Military and Civilian Administration Pavlo Zhebrivsky has said.
He said on his Facebook page that the face is 250 meters long and 0.72 meters thick.
He said that mining operations at the coalmine were carried out in May 2017. The equipment was removed from the abandoned face. The cost of works was UAH 39.2 million, including a UAH 30 million loan provided by Ukraine’s Energy and Coal Industry Ministry.
