• Miners walk at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Output of thermal coal, which is used in power generation, increased 1.4 per cent to 15.09 million metric tonnes in the first quarter from 14.88 million metric tonnes extracted in January-March 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    Miners walk at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Output of thermal coal, which is used in power generation, increased 1.4 per cent to 15.09 million metric tonnes in the first quarter from 14.88 million metric tonnes extracted in January-March 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coal mining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coal mining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • A miner at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    A miner at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coalmining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coalmining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • A miner works at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Local miners descend to depths of up to 1,300 metres and often work in temperatures nearing 40oC. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    A miner works at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Local miners descend to depths of up to 1,300 metres and often work in temperatures nearing 40oC. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • Ukrainian miners at the end of their shift at the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
    Ukrainian miners at the end of their shift at the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
  • Ukrainian miners stand at a lift in the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
    Ukrainian miners stand at a lift in the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
  • Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coalmining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    Miners work at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. Donetsk is the heart of eastern Ukraine’s coalmining country, historically known as the Donbass, and is one of Europe’s most productive coal-producing regions. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • A miner at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
    A miner at the Gorniak 95 coal mine in Makiyivka, near Donetsk. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
  • A Ukrainian miner at the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo
    A Ukrainian miner at the Kalinin mine in eastern Ukraine city of Horlivka. In the first quarter, Ukraine produced 5.99 million metric tonnes of coking coal, which is used in steel making, down 4.2 per cent from 6.25 million metric tonnes during the same period of 2013. Evgeniy Maloletka / AP Photo

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In pictures: Ukraine’s coal mines

Liz Claus

May 19, 2014

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Ukraine’s coal extraction fell 0.2 per cent or 40,000 metric tonnes to 21.08 million metric tonnes in the first quarter, from 21.12 million metric tonnes produced a year ago.

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