OREANDA-NEWS. January 3, 2011. The Tugnui Surface Mine, a SUEK unit, has achieved record figures in overburden removal operations and coal production since its establishment.

By 29 November, the Tugnui Surface Mine had produced 6 million tonnes of coal since the beginning of the year. This is the highest output in its history. Moreover, in November the Mine repeated a one-month output record of over 800,000 (803,008) tonnes which was set last October.

The best performance was demonstrated by the crews of EKG-5u excavator No. 43 (the foreman Andrei Zyazin), and EKG-4u excavator No. 264 (the foreman Aleksandr Lyamichev), Komatsu PC-1250 No. 20587 (foreman Maksim Evstifeyev).

The one-month figures of overburden removal operations were also record-breaking. In November, as many as 5 million tonnes of overburden were removed, compared with the average 1 to 3 million tonnes. Among the crews of overburden removal machines the best performers were the EKG- 8i excavator crew.

Bucyrus shovels achieved the highest production figures on 26 November. By way of illustration, the crew of Bucyrus shovel No. 1 consisting of the foreman Eduard Prokhorov and Sergei Nopin loaded 51,130 cubic metres of rock. Bucyrus shovel No. 2 consisting of the foreman Petr Polyakov and Mikhail Matveyev loaded 51,565 cubic metres of rock.

Andrei Fyodorov, General Director of SUEK-Krasnoyarsk, congratulated Tugnui miners with high labour achievements. In his cable he wrote: "The enterprise has achieved such high results for the first time in its history. Undoubtedly, credit must be given to the team of Tugnui miners. I thank you, my dear colleagues, for your work! I wish you all further professional success, labour records, health, happiness and welfare!"