OREANDA-NEWS. October 27, 2008. According to a forecast of Donbass Fuel-Energy Company (DTEK), the deficit of its self-produced coal in Ukraine in 2015 may total 19 m ton, if the amount of investment into the coal sector is not increased.

In the course of the Ukrainian Energy Forum organized by the Adam Smith Institute in Kiev on Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer of DTEK, Maxim Timchenko, noted that the coal deficit in the country may total 2-4 m ton based on the results of 2008.