In January-April Tajikistan mined some 268 thousand tons of coal.
According to the Ministry of industry and new technologies, preliminary needs of industrial enterprises in coal in 2018 amount to 920 thousand tons, of budget organizations – 57.2 thousand tons, heat and thermal power plant Dushanbe-2 and boiler houses – 1.245 million tons.
So far coal output has exceeded the results of the corresponding period of the previous year by 28 thousand tons.
Coal mining is growing in Tajikistan: in 2014 it mined 870 thousand tons, in 2015 – 1 million tons, and in 2016-2017 – 1.5 million tons and 1.7 million tons respectively. (Ukrainian metal)