Evraz mine starts mining new coal seam after investing 6 bln rubles
KEMEROVO. Feb 8 (Interfax) - Raspadskaya Coal Company s Uskovskaya mine has launched the first longwall of Seam 48, the company, which manages the coal assets of Evraz Group, said.
The seam has in-place reserves of 167 million tonnes of GZh rank coking coal, which is expected to be enough for 25 years of stable operations at the mine. The company spent more than 6 billion rubles on the development of the section, Raspadskaya said.
Miners have reached planned mining indicators at the seam s first longwall, producing up to 6,000 tonnes of coal daily. The longwall is expected to be mined out by October 2021.