DNIPRO, Nov 8 - DTEK Energy plans in 2019 to increase gas coal production by 2% (by 500,000 tons) compared to the figure expected this year, to 25 million tons, company director Dmytro Sakharuk has told reporters.

"Next year we plan to increase production to 25 million tons of coal. This year there will be 24.5 million tons of coal," he said.