Krasnoyarsk region assets of Russky Ugol have fulfilled the 2017 plan of coal mining in advance, having mined over 6 million tons of coal.
On December 12 Sayano-Partizansky pit mined 806 thousand tons of coal, stipulated in the plan. On December 15 the Pereyaslovsky pit yielded 5.22 million tons of coal.
The Ministry of Energy believes this year will become one of the best for the Russian coal industry: coal output is likely to exceed 400 million tons. Some 190 million tons will be exported. (Ukrainian metal)
