In January Kuzbass region mined 18.7 million tons of coal, up by 6.3% YoY.
According to the regional coal industry department, energy coal mining reached 13.3 million tons, up by 3.9% YoY, coking coal – 5.4 million tons, up by 12.5% YoY.
SUEK-Kuzbass increased output by 0.6 million tons YoY, Kiyzassk and Novokuznetsk site of the Raspadskaya Coal Company – by 0.3 million tons each.
Enterprises processed 13.5 million tons of coal, up by 8.9% YoY, including 5.6 million tons of coking coal.
The region shipped 17 million tons of coal, up by 1.6 million tons, with 11.4 million tons, or 67% of the total volume, exported.
Coal stocks at processing factories and intermediary warehouses dropped in January by 10.2%, to 12.5 million tons.
SUEK-Kuzbass stocks decreased by 626 thousand tons, Sibuglemet – by 260 thousand tons, SDS – by 209 thousand tons. (Ukrainian metal)