Russia's Aug coal output stabilises MoM after falling for four months

Russia's production of all types of coal registered 31.6 million tonnes in August, basically flat from the 31.5 million-tonne levels recorded both in July and last August, according to the latest data from the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Last month, the country's production volumes of anthracite, coking coal and other hard coal (mainly thermal coal used for power generation) all edged up by 100,000 tonnes from July to reach 1.3 million tonnes, 7.7 million tonnes and 15.8 million tonnes, respectively, taking the combined output of all hard