KIEV, Feb. 12 – Centrenergo and the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry are considering purchase of coal from Australia, Trypilska thermal power plant (part of Centrenergo) Director Petro Kravets said.

"Today the company jointly with the ministry is mulling the signing of a contract to buy coal in Australia," he said.

Kravets said that the purchase procedure is long and if the agreement is reached coal would be supplied by the next heating season.

He also said that earlier Trypilskareceived a first part of coal arrived to the Yuzhny port from South Africa.