Ukraine’s coal production fell by 7% last year, hitting 29 million tons, near the level of 1916

Friday, January 15, 2021
Ukraine’s coal production fell by 7% last year, hitting 29 million tons, near the level of 1916

Ukraine’s coal production fell by 7% last year, hitting 29 million tons, near the level of 1916, reports the Energy Ministry. Employment in coal mines is about 30,000 today – 6% the level of the end of the Soviet period. In the last 15 years, government subsidies to coal mines have been cut from $8 billion a year to less than $500 million a year today.

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