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Mechel launched new production area at Sibirginskaya underground mine

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Mechel launched new production area at Sibirginskaya underground mine

Myski (Russia), April 5 – Neftegaz.RU. Mechel, one of Russia’s leading mining and steel companies, reports that the Group’s Southern Kuzbass Coal Company is launching the 2nd section of the longwall 3-1-11’s working area at Sibirginskaya Underground Mine.
Investment topped RUB 300 million (circa $ 4 million).

Mechel Mining Management’s CEO Igor Khafizov said:
  • The longwall 3-1-11 with estimated coking coal reserves of 3.5 million tonnes has been launched in the fall of 2019, and we have already mined over 1 million tonnes of coking coal in its 1st production area
  • In the near future, we will begin preparing for mining in its third extraction area, which is due to be launched in late 2022
The longwall 3-1-11 lies 450 meters deep.
The new extraction area’s industrial coal reserves are estimated at 1.5 million tonnes.
The working face’s seam height is 4 meters, with the length of 220 meters and an extraction panel of 1,070 meters.

The longwall’s 2nd section is equipped with a cutter-loader, an overloader, a crusher, a 220-meter belt conveyor, and a 130-section powered support system.
All of the longwall’s equipment is fully compliant with modern safety requirements.

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