• Mining industry in Ukraine is one of the main sectors of economy. Coal mining constitutes more than 5% of total production volume in Ukraine, and 95% of total reserves of organic fuel. The volume of Ukrainian coal reserves equals to 117,5 billion tons.  Most of Ukrainian mines are more than 600m deep, which makes exploitation very difficult. The existing technologies and equipment are extremely outdated, since most of the mines are more than 50 years old.
• Ukraine has the world's tenth largest coal-bed methane reserves, which by conservative estimates are 1.7 trillion cubic meters. Total methane emissions from Ukraine's coal mines are about 2.0 billion cubic meters a year, of which only seven percent are captured and put to use. For the period of 2005-2008 coal bed methane recovery is expected to increase up to 3-4 billion cubic meters a year and further double within each 5 years, reaching 12-16 billion cubic meters per year after 2010-2015.
• U.S. firms will be competitive for providing high-end mining equipment and advanced technologies for modernization and development of Ukrainian coal mines.

Companies From Ukraine Attending MINExpo 2008