United Coal Company, which operates in the Appalachian region of the United States, has sent its first 80,000-ton shipment of coking coal to Ukraine steel producer Metinvest. The shipment aims to support sustainable steelmaking following the suspension of operations at Pokrovske Coal due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Pokrovske Coal was Ukraine’s only producer of coking coal. It supplied a…
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Metinvest launches new longwall at Pokrovske
Metinvest confirmed it has commissioned a new longwall, its 11th in coking coal, at Black 10 of the Pokrovske Colliery in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. The miner said 4 March that the commissioning was marked 21 February; the addition will allow it to produce nearly 1 million tonnes. Despite challenging mining and geological conditions, longwall 11 is…
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