IN UKRAINE recreates the Ministry of Coal Industry
Ministry of Coal is the main body in the system of central executive authorities to ensure the implementation of the state policy in the coal industry.
Yushchenko ordered the Cabinet to ensure that all necessary new structure to define a list of objects of state property to be passed to it in control.
Meanwhile, the government introduced the concept of Yulia Tymoshenko out of the crisis in the coal industry until 2030, providing for an increase in production of salable coal from 60 to 110 million tons. Program introduced the first Deputy Minister of Fuel and Energy Viktor poplar. According to him, the concept involves three phases: 2006-2010, 2011-2015, 2016-2030 years.
At the first stage, up to 2010 it is planned to increase coal production forecast to 90.9 million tonnes compared with 80.1 million tons of coal extracted in 2004. For this it is necessary to increase production capacity from 91.5 to 105.8 million tons due to reconstruction of existing coal plants. In addition, since 2006, provides for resumption of construction of three new mines. The implementation of this phase of the program will, by 2010, to provide a fully the needs of Ukraine in the energy coal and 87% of the demand for coking coal.
It is assumed that 4.6 million tonnes of coking coal to be imported. The volume of exports of anthracite coal will amount to 5,000,000 tons.
The second phase of 2011-2015, designed in two versions. The base provides for an increase in coal production by 2015 to 96.5 million tons with an increase in production capacity of up to 112.2 million tons. The second - a more ambitious option - provides coal to 110.3 million tons with an increase in production capacity of up to 122.5 million tons.
According topolova, variants differ in the size of investments in the investment industry. In this case, the basic version provides 2015 full maintenance needs of Ukraine in the energy coal and 89% for coking and provides for the need to import 4.2 million tonnes of coking coal. This option provides for the introduction of 8.8 million tonnes of new capacity through the completion of the construction of three new mines, and also provides a bookmark in 2011 four new mines.
The second option provides full maintenance of Ukraine, as in the energy and in the coking coal and thus the possibility of exporting 6.6 million tonnes of thermal coal. This option provides for the introduction of 20.2 million tonnes of new capacity, the laying of four new mines in 2007 and the introduction into service until 2015. The concept also includes favorites with three more mines in 2014.
The document also provides for a gradual reduction in government funding of the coal industry and an increase in private investment and equity investment companies, and then the privatization of the mines, their privatization, regardless of the level of profitability of the enterprises. Now more than 80% of mines owned by the state.
The concept also includes reform of the governance structure of the industry. At present, the coal industry employs 167 mines and 3 of the section. Arrears of wages to employees of the coal enterprises amounted to 320 million hryvnia ($ 64 million), the total liabilities of the coal enterprises - about 10 billion hryvnia. ($ 2 billion).
The former Ministry of Coal Industry was abolished ex-President Leonid Kuchma in January 2000.
