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Los Angeles Times report on DTEK miners defending the energy front

20 July 2022, Ukraine
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Los Angeles Times report on DTEK miners defending the energy front
Los Angeles Times report on DTEK miners defending the energy front
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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

DTEK Group is the largest private investor in Ukraine’s energy sector, with 55,000 employees and over €12 billion of capital invested since 2005.

Our businesses generate electricity at wind, solar and thermal power plants; distribute and supply power to end consumers; extract natural gas and coal; trade energy resources on Ukrainian and foreign markets; and provide domestic and commercial energy services.

Over the last 20 years, DTEK has grown into a national energy leader and is today transforming into a pan-European clean energy business.

Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, DTEK Group has restored power to millions of consumers across regions affected by hostilities.

DTEK Group is 100% owned by SCM Holdings. The ultimate beneficiary and sole shareholder is Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman and philanthropist.