Since the start of the year the Zapolyarnaya mine of Vorkutaugol has extracted 1 million tons of coking coal. Zapolyarnaya has become the third mine this year, following Vorshagorskaya and Komsomolskaya, to have exceeded the 1-million mark. At present 2 breakage faces are operated at the mine. In September the third one will be commissioned,…
In January-June Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal-processing companies in Russia, increased output by 44% YoY. In particular, coal manufacture grew by 6%, to 4.3 million tons. Metallurgical coal output increased 4-fold, to 332.5 thousand tons. In H2 Vorkutaugol intends to commission two long faces at the Troynoy layer of the Vorkutinskaya and Zapolyarnaya mines.…
Komsomolskaya mine of Vorkutaugol has put into operation a new long face with the reserves of 535 thousand tons of coking coal. The new long face 712 is situated at the Troynoy layer in the southern block of the mine. The average daily output is 4 thousand tons of coal. The long face is expected…
Vorkutaugol has started operating at a new long face. The reserves of the face are estimated at 754 thousand tons of coking coal. The design output of the face is some 1.5 thousand tons of coal per day. The development of the face will last till October 2020. (Ukrainian metal)
The 262 long face of the Vorkutaugol Vorshagorskaya mine has reached its design capacity of 180 thousand tons per month. The reserves of the long face are some 1.325 million tons of coal. The miners intend to finish developing it in September. The long face was commissioned in late January. (Ukrainian metal)
In 2019 Vorkutaugol will increase investments in development by 18% YoY, to 6.2 billion rubles. Most of the funds – 2.7 billion rubles – will be spent to replace outdated mining and processing machinery, as well as cargo and passenger transport. The construction of the ventilation shaft No. 4 at the Zapolyarnaya mine, the ventilation…
In 2018 Vorkutaugol, one of the largest coal miners in Russia, extracted 9.6 million tons of rock (8.6 million tons in 2017). The volume of underground construction grew by 47.5%, to 9.8 km. Factories processed 7.9 million tons of coal, up by 5%. Concentrate output grew by 3%, to 3.4 million tons. The enterprise also…
The Vorkutinskaya mine of Vorkutaugol has started mining coal at the new breakage face of the Troynoy layer. The reserves of the long face No. 612 are some half a million tons of coking coal. It is intended to mine 90 thousand tons of coal per month there. The length of the face is 195…