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More than 900 coal miners protest in central Kiev

12:30 03/06/2009

KIEV, June 3 (RIA Novosti) - About 930 coal miners from the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine continued their protest in front of the country's government building on Wednesday.

Coal miners from three coal mining enterprises in the Donetsk Region started their protest on Tuesday, demanding that Ukraine's state monopoly, the Ukrainian Coal association, meet its obligations for the purchase of coal.

The miners also demanded a personal meeting with Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. However, their demand has not been met so far.

The Ukrainian Coal association, which operates the country's wholesale coal market, is refusing to buy coal for power plants from private mines despite previously concluded contracts, depriving miners of their livelihoods.

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