I think we will probably be an importer of coal as crazy as that sounds, probably not steam coal, probably we'll step into the steam coal market to top up some of our inventories because our inventories are very low on steam coal, but definitely on the anthracite low vol markets DTEK is going to be a net importer of coal for the foreseeable future.

John Woodham

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In a country like Ukraine which typically produces 75 to 80 million tonnes of coal a year, it's insane to think we're going to turn into an importer, but there are several factors at work here.