Output increased at DTEK’s mines to 22.9 million tonnes of coal

DTEK’s investment in this enterprise in 2011 was more than UAH 450 mln, which resulted in DTEK Dobropolyeugol LLC’s annual coal output increasing by 250.6 thousand tonnes (+7.7%).
 
In 2011, coal output growth was stable at both DTEK Pavlogradugol PJSC and DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine PJSC (+2.4% and +3.1% respectively). DTEK Pavlogradugol’s annual coal output was a record high of 15,414,000 tonnes.
 
In December 2011, DTEK signed concession agreements to take control of DTEK Sverdlovanthracite LLC and DTEK Rovenkianthracite LLC.
 
At DTEK’s coal enterprises in 2011, output increased while industrial injuries decreased due to the implementation of programmes to modernize integrated production facilities and replace outdated mining equipment.
 
DTEK’s largest 2011 investment programmes included: the construction of an air supply well at the Dobropolskaya mine at DTEK Dobropolyeugol LLC (project cost amounted to almost UAH 96 mln); and the introduction of an automated operator dispatch control system at DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine, which enhances safety by controlling technical processes on a real-time basis (project cost was UAH 37.5 mln).
 
In 2011, an underground monorail suspension transport was put into service at DTEK’s mines, which allowed for decreasing time for assembly and dismantling works, cargo and passenger transportation, and improved mine workers’ occupational safety and working conditions. In 2011, more than UAH 40.3 mln was invested into implementation of these projects at DTEK Pavlogradugol and DTEK Komsomolets Donbassa Mine.
 
DTEK’s coal processing enterprises maintained production at the same level as in 2010. In 2011, the programme to modernize and technically re-equip DTEK’s coal-processing enterprises continued. The largest projects were implemented at Pavlogradskaya CPP (launch of a primary sludge processing unit), DTEK Oktyabrskaya CPP (installation of dry screening equipment) and DTEK Dobropolskaya CPP (replacement of two jigging machines). In 2011, DTEK spent more than UAH 29 mln on the replacement and overhaul of equipment at its coal processing enterprises.