KYIV, Nov 23 - DTEK Energy increased purchases of coal from the Lviv-Volyn basin by 9.8% on year to 595,000 metric tons in the first 10 months of 2017, the company reported.

According to its data, in October 2017 coal supplies from the basin mines to DTEK stations grew by 42% compared to October last year, to 74,000 tons.