KYIV, Oct 4 - Ukraine's thermal power plants (TPP) and combined heat and power plants (CHPP) in January-August this year received 2.187 million tons of imported coal.

The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry told Interfax-Ukraine in the eight months through August this year Ukraine's power plants received 1.774 million tons of coal from the Russian Federation (81.11% of total imported coal shipped), 294,100 tons from South Africa (13.45%), and 118,900 tons from Poland (5.44%).