It is reported that the ship arrived in the evening, bulk carrier "Scythia Graeca" delivered to Ukraine 75 thousand tons of anthracite. The second ship Navious Galileo unload in the coming days. Earlier, in Ukraine, three shipments of American coal arrived in September, replenishing supplies for the heating season.
Recall that because of the conflict in the Donbass, Ukraine has increased the energy feedstuff abroad, the main suppliers are the Czech Republic, the United States and South Africa. However, Energy Minister Igor Nasalik claims that his department has already developed a new strategy for increasing anthracite production in the country, which will make it possible to become fully energy-independent by 2020.
As reported in "URA-Inform", recently Igor Nasalik said that there are no grounds for the growth of tariffs for heat.