Raspadskaya mine has started developing the bank 6-6a with the estimated reserves of over 127 million tons of coking coal.
The first long face 4-6-33 (3.5 million tons) has been put into operation.
Investments totaled 900 million rubles.
“We’ve been preparing to start working at the bank for almost 3 years. The bank is powerful. Prospects show that the coal here is of the high quality”, Raspadskaya CEO Sergey Stepanov said.
Raspadskaya has 7 preparation and 3 mining sites. Average monthly output is 420-700 thousand tons of coal. (Ukrainian metal)
