Energy-pinched Ukraine orders 1mn tons of coal from South Africa

Energy-pinched Ukraine orders 1mn tons of coal from South Africa

Ukraine has agreed to import 1 million tons of coal from South Africa according to Prime Minister Arseny Yatsenyuk. Fighting in the east has shut down production at half the country’s coal mines, and stocks will only last until November.

The first ship has already been loaded for delivery to Ukraine, which has found itself in an energy-pinch since fighting erupted in eastern Ukraine.