OREANDA-NEWS. October 18, 2012. In January - September 2012, Ukraine's coal mining enterprises extracted coal at 3 237.5 thousand tons (or 5.3%) more as compared with the corresponding period last year; including steam coal production increased by 3 361.0 thousand tons (or 8.0%), coking - decreased by 123.5 thousand tons (or 0.7%).

In September 2012, Ukraine's coal-mining enterprises produced coal at 6 530 thousand tons. In this case, thermal coal production increased by 90.6 thousand tons (or 2.0%), coking - decreased by 281.4 thousand tons (or 13.5%).