For nine months of 2011 Kazakhstan has mined 78.8 million tones of coal, KAZINFORM reported referring to Kazakh Ministry of Industry and New Technologies.

The results of the socio-economic development of Kazakhstan for nine months of 2011 were summed up at a sitting of the Ministry's board.

The forecasted volume of coal extraction till the end of the year will make up 107 million tones.

(Sourced from en.trend.az)