“DTEK Energy commissioned 16 new longwalls in January-September 2024, the company’s press service said on Friday.
According to the press service, the company’s miners plan to commission nine more longwalls by the end of the year.
“This allows us to meet the fuel needs of thermal power plants at the peak of electricity consumption, accumulate the necessary coal reserves for the autumn-winter period and maintain the reliability of the Ukrainian power system,” the statement said.
In total, since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion, DTEK Energy has invested almost UAH 18 billion of its own funds in Ukrainian coal mining.
The investments were directed to the construction and repair of capital mine workings, completion of coal longwalls, equipping mines with tunneling equipment, underground mine transport and projects to maintain production facilities.
As reported, in 2023, DTEK Energy commissioned 26 new longwalls.
In 2023, the energy holding’s investments in Ukrainian coal mining amounted to about UAH 7 billion, which is almost twice as much as in 2022.
“DTEK Energy ensures a closed cycle of electricity production from coal. In particular, the company has established a full production cycle in coal mining: coal mining and enrichment, machine building and maintenance of mine equipment.
“Corum Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant (Corum DrMZ), a part of Corum Group (DTEK Energy), will repair three roadheaders for DTEK Energy miners in the first quarter of 2025, the company said.
“We have already received three new orders for the repair of KPD-22 roadheaders for Ternovskaya, Samarskaya and Geroyev Kosmosa mines,” the company’s Facebook page says.
The plant also reports that by the end of this year, it will complete the overhaul of two shearers for Belozerskaya mine and one for Zapadno-Donbasskaya mine.
“Corum DrMZ, relocated to Dnipro in 2022, manufactured 46 units of mining equipment in July this year to order for DTEK Energy mines, including a skip, a reloader, six suspension devices and 38 loading trolleys. The company also produced 20 unified wheelsets and 72.9 thousand spare parts and components.
According to Opendatabot, in 2023, the plant earned UAH 500 million in net profit, compared to a loss of UAH 453 million a year earlier, with net income increasing 2.7 times to UAH 1 billion 530 million.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine. It is a part of DTEK Energy, the operating company responsible for coal mining and coal-fired power generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK energy holding.
In January-July, the machine builders produced, among other things, 9 new roadheaders and shearers.
“Corum Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant (Corum DrMZ), a part of Corum Group (DTEK Energy), has received a new order to supply underground wheeled vehicles for DTEK Energy’s mines, the plant reported on Facebook.
The order, the value of which was not disclosed, will include one passenger mine car, six freight cars, nine transport trolleys and 30 unified wheelsets.
“The equipment will be manufactured for Ternovskoye and Dniprovskoye mines. Delivery is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024,” the statement said.
It is specified that the new order includes a number of improvements to increase transportation efficiency.
The plant also previously posted on Facebook that it had received an order to manufacture reloading and receiving devices for Zakhidno-Donbasskaya mine of Ternovskoye Mine, which the plant had not previously produced.
The equipment weighing more than 20 tons and designed to transport raw and enriched coal inside the complex’s building will replace the old one during the overhaul. The first five units will be shipped in August. The delivery is scheduled to be completed in October.
“Corum DrMZ, relocated to Dnipro in 2022, according to Opendatabot, earned UAH 500 million in net profit in 2023, compared to a loss of UAH 453 million a year earlier, with net income growing 2.7 times to UAH 1 billion 530 million.
In June 2024, the plant manufactured 44 units of products and 78.6 thousand components and spare parts, including 40 freight trolleys, 20 unified wheel sets, two suspension devices and two reloaders. A KPD tunneling machine and 102 consoles were also repaired.
According to the plant, in the second half of 2024, it will produce wheeled vehicles, lifting equipment, loaders, a hoisting machine, fans, non-core products, and repair tunneling machines.
“We will also manufacture new metal structures for buildings. The investments will be used to repair machines, but we also plan to purchase new equipment,” the plant’s director Tatyana Kalugina was quoted as saying in the report.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine. It is a part of DTEK Energy, an operating company responsible for coal mining and coal-fired power generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK energy holding.
“In January 2024, DTEK Energy produced the first two shearers for Ukrainian mines – a tunneling machine and a shearer.
“It is important that factory workers do not lose momentum in the difficult conditions of war and continue to contribute to the common cause… This year, the miners’ task remains unchanged – despite the war, to maintain coal production at the maximum and sufficient level,” Ildar Saleev, the company’s CEO, wrote on his Facebook page on Tuesday.
According to him, in addition to shearers, the energy holding’s machine builders also manufactured and repaired 90 units of mining equipment, as well as 67,000 parts and components in January.
As reported earlier, DTEK’s machine builders manufactured 15 new roadheaders and shearers and 1.1 million spare parts for Ukrainian coal miners in 2023.
“DTEK Energy ensures a closed cycle of electricity generation from coal. The installed capacity of thermal power generation amounted to 13.3 GW as of January 2022. The company has established a full production cycle in coal mining: coal mining and enrichment, machine building and maintenance of mine equipment.
Corum Group (DTEK Energy) is completing the shipment of a new scraper conveyor for DTEK Energy’s Belozerskaya mine, the company said on Facebook on Wednesday.
“The powerful and high-performance SPC271M conveyor, designed for efficient coal mining and transportation in difficult mining and geological conditions (…), is designed to work with seams with a thickness of 1.65 m,” the statement said.
According to Corum, the new machine, in particular, has drive units equipped with a water cooling system that reduces the risk of overheating, and is also equipped with replaceable drive stars, which makes maintenance affordable and safe.
Corum Group is a leading manufacturer of mining equipment in Ukraine and is part of DTEK Energy, the operating company responsible for coal mining and coal-fired power generation within Rinat Akhmetov’s DTEK holding.
As reported, in 2023, DTEK’s machine builders manufactured and repaired 750 units of mining equipment, including 15 new tunnelling and shearers. We also produced 1.1 million spare parts.
In 2022, 147 units of mining equipment (including 9 shearers) and 456 thousand spare parts and components were produced in the relocation of production facilities (Druzhkovka Machine-Building Plant and partially at Svet Shakhtyora in Kharkiv).
Belozerskaya mine, CORUM GROUP, DTEK ENERGY, scraper conveyor
“DTEK Energy has put into operation all 26 coal longwalls planned for this year, DTEK Energy CEO Ildar Saleev said on his Facebook page.
“I can state that thanks to their hard work, the miners have coped with this task this year. We produced as much as we planned. For this purpose, we invested about UAH 7 billion in Ukrainian coal mining during the year, which is almost twice as much as in 2022,” he wrote.
Saleyev also reminded that as part of the “additional airbag” formation, the company has contracted 280 thousand tons of imported thermal coal for the current heating season, and as of today, more than half of it has already been delivered from Poland – almost 150 thousand tons.
“We are not stopping there, because everyone has the same task – to continue to hold the energy front so that Ukrainians have electricity and heat,” summarized the CEO.
“DTEK Energy provides a closed cycle of electricity generation from coal. As of January 2022, the installed capacity of thermal power generation amounted to 13.3 GW. The company has established a full production cycle in coal mining: coal mining and enrichment, mechanical engineering and maintenance of mine equipment.
