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Friday, October 7, 2011

Russian coal output rises in first nine months

Friday, 07 October 2011

According to the State Statistics Committee of Russia (Russtat), in the January-September period of the current year Russia produced 240.412 million mt of coal, up 2.8 percent compared to the same period last year. In September alone, Russia increased its coal output by 5.2 percent year on year to 27.8 million mt.

According to the data for the first nine months of the current year, Russia's coal exports increased by 9.5 percent year on year to 79.63 million mt. In September alone, Russia exported 8,49 million mt of coal, up 2.8 percent compared to the same month last year.

Tags: coking coal , raw mat , Russia , CIS , production , mining
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