Nabih Bulos, a Los Angeles Times reporter, who has recently visited a DTEK Energy company compared DTEK Energy mines in the Dnipropetrovsk region with the newest IPhone.
“…the DTEK mine has an underground road network more than 100 miles long. Workers have belt-hung digital gauges to measure methane and toxic gases, use GPS to keep track of their whereabouts and employ special fireproof smartphones on QR codes to order maintenance. The mine even holds the record for deepest place in Ukraine with Wi-Fi (1,640 feet)”, said Bulos in his report.
But DTEK Energy’s Ukrainian mines are holding up not only thanks to the modern equipment and latest technologies. The key factor is people who know exactly how much the heat and lights at Ukrainians’ homes depend on them.
“I’m proud that it’s such hard work”, one of the miners said to the journalist. “When you leave it for something else, it just doesn’t compare.”
Full report here
