Coal output in Russia's Kuzbass region falls 2.5% MoM in January

Production of coal for all uses in Russia's Kuzbass Region reached 15.8 million tonnes in January, down 2.5% from last December, Mysteel Global calculated based on the monthly data from the Ministry of Coal Industry of Kuzbass.

On a yearly basis, the January output was lower by a larger 7%, according to the data. Earlier this month, Kuzbass governor Ilya Seredyuk announced that the regional government had concluded an agreement with Russian Railways (RZD) on transporting 55 million tonnes of coal from the region to Russia's export ports