Some 525,000 tonnes of coal out of 675,000 tonnes contracted by DTEK in South Africa arrived in Ukraine
The Scythia Graeca bulker with 75,000 tonnes of anthracite from South Africa for thermal power plants (TPPs) of DTEK Energo arrived in the Chornomorsk seaport (Odesa region) on November 3, 2017, the company's press service has reported.
The unloading of the vessels has been started. Coal will be delivered to the warehouses of Kryvy Rih TPP, which stocked 67,000 tonnes of anthracite as of November 5, 2017.
"Some 525,000 tonnes out of 675,000 tonnes of South African anthracite has arrived in Ukraine. This coal would allow our anthracite-burning TPPs to maintain the power grid and provide consumers with stable power supply," DTEK Energo Director for Power Generation Serhiy Kurylenko said.
DTEK Energy CEO Dmytro Sakharuk late October said that the company has not yet contracted additional amounts of coal from South Africa to be supplied in Q1 and Q2 2018 due to the vagueness with the tariffs for electricity transmission next year.