KYIV, July 12 – Ukraine’s largest coal producer DTEK Energy plans to increase production of coal in Ukraine by 5-7% in 2018 compared to 2017, 24-24.6 million tons, The company's CEO Dmytro Sakharuk told journalists.

"This year, we plan to produce more than 24 million tons of rough coal," he said.

According to him, coal imports by DTEK in 2018 are expected at up to 2 million tons, including about 1 million tons from DTEK's anthracite mines in Russia's Rostov region for Luhanska thermal power plant, and another 1 million tons for Kryvorizka thermal power plant, which also consumes anthracite.