KYIV, May 7 - Chairman of the Independent Trade Union of Miners of Ukraine Mykhailo Volynets said total wage arrears at state-owned mines exceed UAH 740 million.

"The monthly salary fund at state-owned enterprises, at coalmines, is UAH 530 million. The number of workers employed at state-owned mines is 41,000 people. Total wage arrears amount to UAH 740 million," he said at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine news agency in Kyiv on Monday.