MOSCOW, Feb 17 (PRIME) -- Russian coal producer Yuzhkuzbassugol, a subsidiary of U.K. steel and mining giant Evraz Plc, has launched a new coal face with reserves of 3 million tonnes of coking coal at the Yerunakovskaya-8 mine, the company said Monday.
The launch of the coal face will allow the mine to reach a design capacity of 2.5–3.0 million tonnes of coal per year. The mine is expected to account for over 20% of Yuzhkuzbassugol’s output.
Yuzhkuzbassugol is Russia’s leading coking coal producer. The Yerunakovskaya-8 mine has 300 million tonnes of coal reserves.
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