In February Kuzbass mined 12.6 million tons of coal, up by 5.9% YoY. Underground output totaled 6.9 million tons, down by 6.2%.
Coking coal mining reached 5.5 million tons, up by 3.8%, and power-generating coal – 14 million, up by 6.9%.
In January-February Kuzbass yielded 38.6 million tons of coal, up by 3.5%.
Factories processed 10.3 million tons of coal, up from 10.1 million tons in January-February 2017, including 5.8 million tons of coking coal and 4.5 million tons of power-generating coal. Coal concentrate output totaled 6 million tons.
In February 18 million tons of coal were shipped via railroad.
In January customers received 17.1 million tons of coal, including 11.3 million tons for exports, 2.5 million tons for domestic metal and by-product coke companies, 2.3 million tons for power plants and 0.4 million tons of housing companies and households of the region. (Ukrainian metal)