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Minister of Energy of Ukraine German Galushchenko said that electricity producers have signed contracts for the supply of coal from three countries – South Africa, the United States and Poland.
During a “question hour” to the government in the Verkhovna Rada, he said that in November the country should produce 1.5 million tons of its own coal. In addition, the diversification of suppliers will increase the share of imports.
Galushchenko noted that the cost of energy supplied from abroad is $ 300 per tonne, especially if it is supplied by sea.
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The minister also said that the Russian side had limited coal supplies from Kazakhstan. Earlier, the Kazakh Ministry of Industry assured that there was no talk of a complete blockage of supplies and the restrictions were related to the heavy workload of Russian infrastructure.