Cut off from their coal mines in Donetsk, DTEK is importing coal from Colombia

Cut off from their coal mines in Donetsk, DTEK is importing coal from Colombia, a one month, 6,500-mile voyage from the Caribbean to the Black Sea. On June 1, Russia imposed new trade restrictions on Ukraine, cutting coal exports by 85%, to 129,300 tons for June. DTEK has contracted to buy 400,000 tons of coal from Colombia, the second-largest coal exporter in the Americas, after the US. Last week, the first shipment – 75,000 tons — arrived at Pivdennii (Yuzhne). In total, DTEK plans to import 1 million tons of coal this year, Maxim Timchenko, DTEK Group Director-General, told reporters Tuesday.