KYIV, Nov 14 – The Ministry of Energy and Environment Protection plans to hold 27 meetings with representatives of state-owned coalmines until the end of this year to review the prospects of operation and development of the mines, the ministry's press service has reported.

According to the report, the meetings will begin on November 14. The meetings will continue until the end of this year. "Over this period, the prospects for the work of coalmines, the possibilities of their modernization and the opening of new lavas will be considered," the press service of the ministry said.