December 03, 2008

Komi mines produce 5% more coal in H1

Interfax reported that Mines in the Komi Republic increased coal production by 5%YoY to 7.079 million tonnes in January to June 2007.

The region mined 984,600 tonnes of coal in June 2007 alone, 10% less than a year earlier. Komi mined 13.948 million tonnes of coal in 2006, 7% more than in the previous year.