Russia: Raspadskaya output down in Q2 2018

In April-June Raspadskaya, one of the Russia’s largest coking coal manufacturers, decreased output by 19% QoQ, to 2.43 million tons. June output dropped because of the decrease of operating long faces from 3 to 2. Moreover, in May the mine had to stop operation to improve industrial safety. “In H2 Raspadskaya mine will resume operation…

Russia: Raspadskaya launches virtual mine

The specialists of Raspadskaya Coal Company have developed a virtual mine named “My Mine”. The program is used to teach mining students and improve experience of miners. With the virtual reality helmets the users can construct an underground infrastructure of the mine, give tasks to virtual employees and control their work. Several users can be…