Coal output from Russia's Kuzbass drops 5% YoY during Jan-Sept

Total output of all types of coal in Russia's Kuzbass Basin, a major coal producing area, reached 140.8 million tonnes during this year's January-September period, down 4.8% from the first nine months of last year, according to the latest data from the Ministry of Coal Industry of Kuzbass.

In September alone, Kuzbass produced 15.5 million tonnes of coal, up 3.3% from August, Mysteel Global calculated based on the ministry's year-to-date data. Compared with a year prior, September's production climbed by a large 10.7% and marked the first on-year rise in the region's monthly coal output so far this