As of late November 2017, the coal increased in price by 27.6% (or by 2.6 thousand tenge), to 12 thousand tenge per ton, following the drop of 0.5% (52 tenge) in 2016, to 9.5 thousand tenge.
In January-November 2017 coal mining reached 95.9 million tons, up by 5.2% YoY (or by 4.8 million tons).
The coal price increase was witnessed in all the cities.
The lowest price was in Pavlodar – 7890 tenge per ton, up by 27.6%. In Semey coal cost 7937 tenge, up by 10.1%, in Ust-Kamenogorsk – 8512 tenge per ton, up by 9.8%.
The highest prices were in Uralsk (17 thousand tenge), Shymkent and Zhezkazgan (14.5 thousand tenge per ton). (Ukrainian metal)