Mr Rasul Umbetaliev the expert in fuel and power sector said that Kyrgyzstan may supply coal to Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan in exchange for gas.

He said that leaders of the country have to work out a strategy for development of coal industry and to attract investors for coal mining. Quality of marketable Kyrgyz coal is low.

He said that our coal producers are small. Actually they don’t have equipment therefore they are mining for brown coal. Big, good equipped producers are able to mine for black coal.

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