Russian coal exports up 17.5% to 102.989 mln tons

Russian coal exports year-to-date rose 17.5% year-on-year (+15.33 mln tons), to 102.989 million tons, the Ministry of Energy statistics said.

In October, the commodity exports increased by 22.7% (+2.06 mln t), to 11.134 million tons.

Coal production in October grew 2.2% (+689,000 tons), to 31.872 million tons, 27.7 mln tons of them were supplied.