Since the start of the year, Kuzbass coal companies have extracted 60.8 million tons of coal, up by 1.2 million tons YoY.
Open pits yielded 40.2 million tons, and mines – 20.6 million tons.
Coking coal accounted for 19.2 million tons, and power-generating coal – 41.6 million tons.
In March the region extracted 21.3 million tons of coal (21 million tons in March 2018), including 7.1 million tons at mines and 14.2 million tons at pits. Coking coal accounted for 6.9 million tons (5.9 million tons) and power-generating coal – 14.4 million tons (15.1 million tons).
In 3 months factories processed 33.2 million tons, including 17.5 million tons of coking coal and 15.7 million tons of power-generating coal. (Ukrainian metal)