OREANDA-NEWS. October 25, 2010. From the beginning of the current year Bogatyr Coal, LLP, the joint enterprise of the Kazakshtani JSC Samruk-Energo and the Russian company RUSAL sold 27,3 million tons of coal to its customers, what is almost by 4 million tons, or 17%, higher than the level of sales for the analogous period of 2009. At the same time the volume of coal shipments made 20 trains per day in average versus 18,9 trains in 2009. In Kazakhstan 11,4 trains per day were involved in average, and in the Russian Federation - 8,6 trains. For comparison: to transport such volume of coal - 27,3 million tons – for one time one could require about 395 thousand open cars in total.

15,3 million tons of coal were delivered to the Kazakhstani market for nine months, what is by 11% higher than the level of coal sales in 2009, or by 1,5 million tons. The increase of shipment volumes to the address of the local power systems became possible thanks to the increase of coal consumption by two largest power plants of Kazakhstan – Ekibastuz GRES-1 LLP and JSC Station Ekibastuz GRES-2. These power plants used over 6 million tons of Bogatyr coal for power generation total, that is by 61% higher than the last year results.

The coal shipments to the Russian market have also revived. For the time passed from the year commencement 12 million tons of saleable coal were sold to Russia, what exceeds the shipments by one quarter for the analogous period of 2009. The leader of Bogatyr coal consumption, like in the past years, has been the Refta power plant. From the beginning of the year 5 million 697 thousand tons of fuel were shipped to the plant, what is by 48% higher than for the analogous period of 2009. The second largest customer is one more Russian power plant – Serovskaya GRES, which got about 1 million 160 thousand tons of coal against 824 thousand tons in 2009.

The sustainable work of the coal mining company – Bogatyr Coal, LLP – in 2010 shows the gradual overcoming of the extended economic crisis and stabilization of the activity of the enterprise.

Bogatyr Coal, LLP is planning to ship about 38 million tons of the steam coal to its customers in 2010.