Apr 23, 2013 · The coalmining racket threatening Ukraine's economy. Sometimes, they are little more than holes, in the woods outside villages or even in backyards and under houses, but Ukraine's illegal coal ...

Jan 29, 2016 · When Snizhne was a part of Ukraine, he explains, the owners of illegal mines would pay the same amount of money in bribes to police officers. "Legalizing the mines was a good move," he says.

Dec 04, 2013 · Back in April, the BBC reported on illegal coal mining in the Ukraine and it quoted Mihailo Volynets Head of Ukraine's Independent Miners' Union saying that about Mt more coal – 10% of Ukraine's total output – is for sale than is officially mined.

Dec 23, 2015 · Donbass, Ukraine – Donbass is a coalmining district in the east of Ukraine, lying on the border with Russia, more than 700km from the capital city of Kiev. Aside from some heavy industry and ...

Apr 30, 2014 · Previously, he risked his life working at an illegal coal mine in the Donetsk region, Ukraine's industrial heartland now roiled by political unrest. Despite the epic contest between forces, mostly Russian speakers aligned with Moscow against Ukrainian speakers loyal to Kyiv, he is more concerned with the daily struggle to get by and the ...

Jun 15, 2015 · In the illegal mines there is no security. We are walking on the edge. But I have to feed my family." Before the fighting broke out, Luhansk and Donetsk regions provided nearly 70% of Ukraine's coal production, and coal represented % of the country's GDP. Yet mining coal in the region is also difficult, since most mines are extremely deep.

May 30, 2014 · Experts in the mining industry estimate that tens of thousands of illegal miners are working in these pits. The Trade Union of the Coal Miners in Ukraine estimate that between 6 to 7 million tons of coal is illegally extracted from these mines each year. With the average price of a ton of coal being 100, the illegal coal mined from Ukraine ...

Jan 22, 2021 · Decades of neglect of Ukraine's once vital coalmining industry in the country's east have had a devastating effect on both workers' rights and the environment. The ongoing conflict with Russia, which has left many of these mines in conflict zones, has only exacerbated the issue. There are 148 coal mines in Ukraine, 95 of them in areas ...

Jan 31, 2017 · The Dramatic Impact of Illegal Amber Mining in Ukraine's Wild West. A chaotic scene in Ukraine has miners pitted against each other and the government, often with deadly consequences and ...

Dec 19, 2016 · These stateowned mines provide work for around 50,000 people, many of whom may however soon lose their jobs — Ukraine's ministry of energy and coal mining plans to close 11 mines .

Jan 31, 2015 · Before the war, illegal mines yielded an estimated five million tons of Ukraine's total coal output of 80 million tons and employed thousands of men in small, remote and economically depressed ...

Feb 04, 2012 · Yura and Dima now. The subject of illegal mines in Ukraine usually only attracts attention when the frequent disasters attract media attention. Their owners have been known to fill in mine openings without any real attempt to rescue men who may or may not have died in explosions underground (See Black gold mixed with blood).. Towards the end of March, illegal mines or "kopanki" .

he following is an investigation by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), which is. May. 27, 2014. By Denys Kazansky and Serhiy Harmash

Mar 22, 2018 · Konstantynovsky openpit mine. This is flooded openpit mine with a lot of abandoned mining techniques stepby step goes to the bottom. This incredible Soviet iron dinosaurs valley situated in central Ukraine, next to Alexandria town. Experience Urbex in Kyiv for every citizen and guest of the city! This is the youngest coal mine of the ...