Russia plans to start exporting coal from occupied Donbas in October – Russian media

A Russian company named Don Coal Trade House (Torgoviy Dom "Donskoy Ugol") will start exporting coal from occupied Donbas in October using the Donetsk Oblast port of Mariupol.

Source: Andrey Chertkov, one of the heads of the occupying Russian administration in Donetsk Oblast, cited by Russian media outlet RBC

Negotiations about coal supplies from Donbas are underway with potential buyers from China, India, Iran, Uzbekistan and Malaysia, CEO Oleg Knyazev has confirmed.

A source of RBC familiar with Donskoy Ugol’s plans says exports may go through the port of the temporarily occupied city of Mariupol and the Russian ports of Taganrog and Rostov-on-Don, as well as by rail via Azerbaijan and Iran.

Background:

• Stiron B.V., a Dutch company which bought coal from the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, has invested €10 million in Telegram Open Network (TON), the block chain platform owned by Russian entrepreneur Pavel Durov.
• The Taiwan Cement Corporation (TCC) has refused to buy coal in Russia. 

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