Donetsk, Oct 23 — DAN. Donetsk People’s Republic authorities are completing the work to hand over four collieries to investors, DPR Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Yezhikov said during live streaming on Telegram.

 “We are close to signing contracts, ” Yezhikov said. “The deal is needed to boost production and improve the situation in the coal industry.”

The Donetsk News Agency earlier reported that the region was drawing a ten-year investment program for the coal-mining sector.*jk