Mining output rises 5.5% in Russia's Sakhalin region

Coal mines in the Far East of Russia mine 3.7 million tons of coal in 2010. [$]

 

{reg}[PAID={"id":"20,21,22,23,24","title":"The content you tried to access is only available to paid subscribers.","link":"1"}] The volume mined for the year is 5.5% more than the same period last year, told RIA Novosti and the Ministry of Energy Utilities governments in the region.

 

"Shipment of coal outside the region amounted to almost 1,2 million tons (an increase of almost 29%), including for export to the Asia-Pacific region of about 1.1 million tons (an increase of 43,6%)," the spokesman said.

He added that coal production in 2011, according to forecasts, will be 3.8-3.9 million tons of coal, of which more than 1 million tons of plans to export.