Russia's coal output climbs 5% MoM in March

Russia's production of all types of coal for all uses reached 36.2 million tonnes in March, up 5.1% from February, according to the latest data from the Russian Federal Statistics Service (Rosstat).

Output increases were observed among all major coal types last month. Among hard coal grades, anthracite and other hard coal (mainly thermal coal for power generation) climbed 5.5% and 5.1% on month to 1.7 million tonnes and 16.6 million tonnes, while that of coking coal also jumped 5.6% to