DTEK plans to import about 2 million tonnes of coal in the second, third and fourth quarters of 2017, DTEK CEO Maksym Tymchenko has told Interfax-Ukraine.
"We see the need for more than 2 million tonnes of coal by the end of the year. Today one vessel has already been contracted, we expect delivery in early May. We are negotiating with the rest. This week we must approve the commercial strategy of providing our thermal power plants (TPP) with coal by the end of the year," he said.
Taking into account the increased load on TPPs using coal, DTEK plans this year to increase coal imports from Poland to 500,000 tonnes.
According to Tymchenko, 5 million tonnes of coal needed for Ukrainian TPPs and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) this year can be found in foreign markets, however its price with delivery and transshipment in Ukraine today is about $100-110 per tonne, while TPP tariffs for electricity supply at the beginning of the year foresee the price of $82 per tonne.
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