Russia's coal output drops 1% YoY in September

Russia's production of all types of coal totalled 34.5 million tonnes in September, down 1.1% from the year-ago level, according to the latest data from the Russian State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Compared with August, last month's output was higher by 9%.

Among hard coal types, Russian production of coking coal in September reached 8 million tonnes, down 8.7% on year but up 3.9% on month. That of anthracite totalled 1.6 million tonnes, slumping 19.3% on year but surging 21.2% from August. Meanwhile, other hard coal output – mainly thermal coal