Mechel announces the launch of a new longwall at the Kuzbass production site
Mezhdurechensk, Russia - March 15, 2021 - Mechel PAO (MICEX: MTLR, NYSE: MTL ), a leading Russian mining and metallurgical company, announces the commissioning of a new longwall at the mine named after V.I. Lenin of the coal company "Southern Kuzbass". Investments amounted to about 470 million rubles.
Commercial coal reserves in the new longwall 0-16-10 are estimated at 435 thousand tons. The average thickness of the seam is 1.8 meters, the length of the working face is almost 200 meters, the length of the extraction column is 720 meters.
The lava is equipped with 134 sections of powered support, a shearer, as well as a crushing plant, a loader and a face conveyor ... All equipment meets modern industrial safety and labor protection requirements.
“The reserves of the Lenin mine are coking coal with excellent quality characteristics, which is in demand by coke-chemical enterprises. The Yuzhny Kuzbass team will mine the new longwall within eight months. The concentrate produced from this coal is sold both on the domestic market and on export routes, ”commented Igor Khafizov, General Director of Mechel Mining Management Company LLC.
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Mechel is a global mining and metallurgical company. The company's products are supplied to Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa. Mechel unites producers of coal, iron ore, steel, rolled products, ferroalloys, heat and electricity. All businesses operate in a single production chain: from raw materials to high value-added products.
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