Russia: Raspadskaya launches longwall with coal reserves of 3 million tons
Russian coal producer Raspadskaya, a part of steel and mining giant Evraz, has launched production at a new longwall of the Raspadskaya mine with commercial reserves standing at about 3 million tons of coking coal, the company said in a statement on October 8. Raspadskaya expects production of the longwall to reach 600,000 tons already…