OREANDA-NEWS. Krasny Partizan Mine operating under umbrella of DTEK Chervonopartizanskoye colliery has resumed coal production after a 50-day suspension.

Today Krasny Partizan Mine produces coal using two out of three longwall faces. All employees of the mine are back to work. On 3 September, DTEK's miners reached the output of 1,345 tonnes, which is just 17% of the average daily production of the mine before the launch of the military operations. The mine is going to gradually ramp up coal production and resume operations of the third mining face unless the hostilities recommence in the area.

On 10 July 2014, Krasny Partizan Mine stopped coal production due to the military operations unfolding in close proximity to the mine in order not to put the lives of 2,500 miners at risk. The facility was just supporting its sustainment by ventilating the mine tunnels and pumping out water not to flood the underground workings and mining equipment.

DTEK is the largest energy company in Ukraine. It is part of the financial and industrial group System Capital Management (SCM). The shareholder of the group is Rinat Akhmetov. Maxim Timchenko is the Chief Executive Officer of DTEK. Currently, DTEK employs 140,000 people.

Electricity is the core product of DTEK. The assets portfolio is represented by 10 thermal power plants and two combined heat and power plants with 18 GW of total installed capacity; one wind farm with the designed installed capacity of 200 MW; five electricity distribution and sales enterprises, which provide services to over 5.2 million customers - both individuals and legal entities; 31 mines and 13 coal-processing plants; oil and gas extraction assets.

In 2013, DTEK's enterprises generated 53 TWh and purchased 56.9 TWh of electricity for further supply to consumers; coal output equalled 41.4 million tonnes and coal processing amounted to 29.3 million tonnes. DTEK exports electricity to six countries and coal to 36 countries worldwide. In 2013, DTEK's consolidated revenue made UAH 92.8 billion and net profit was UAH 3.3 billion.