In 2018, coal production in the republic amounted to 1 million 907 thousand tons, which is the highest indicator of the country, coal mining was carried out by 12 coal mining enterprises at 9 fields. The contribution of coal mining enterprises should be noted in this success: UP "Shakhtai Fon-Yagnob" – 46.3%, LLC "Talco-Resource" – 23% and the Department of the mining company LLC "Tajik Metallurgical Combine" – 18%.
The purchase of coal for the reporting period, taking into account the balance of last year, amounted to 1 million 785 thousand tons.
According to the data of JSC "CET Dushanbe" in 2018, 831 thousand tons of coal were delivered to the Dushanbe-2 Energy and Heat Supply Center, including 822.2 thousand tons directly from coal mines and 8.7 thousand tons of coal from Tajik Aluminum Plant LLC.
According to analytical data, the purchase of coal from budget enterprises directly from coal mining enterprises is more than in the same period of 2017 by 12.2 thousand tons, the Center for Energy and Heat Supply – 38.6 thousand tons, industrial enterprises – 88 thousand tons, exports are more by 39.7 thousand tons, and the purchase of coal by the population was made less by 53 thousand tons. tons.
It should be noted that if from 2005 to 2012 exports amounted to more than 12 thousand tons of coal, in 2018 exports increased by 3.7 times.
As of January 1, 2019, coal reserves in the warehouses of industrial enterprises of the coal industry, taking into account the remainder of last year, amount to more than 377 thousand tons.
It should be noted that due to the transition of Talco LLC (50%) to eastern and western boilers using natural gas, its coal demand decreased by 92 thousand tons. According to the data, the coal residue at industrial enterprises is more than 520.8 thousand tons, including 377.8 thousand tons at coal mining enterprises, cement production of 100 thousand tons, in the machine-building, defense and chemical industries, the remainder is 43 thousand tons of coal, which will greatly affect the purchase of coal in 2019.
In order to purchase quarry machinery and equipment for mines, in particular for industry enterprises, financing amounts to 44.2 million somoni, which is 23.2 million somoni more than in 2017.
