Kazakhstan increased coal mining in January through July compared to the same period last year, said Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan Beibut Atamkulov.
At the start of 2020, the ministry expected yearly coal mining to amount to 120 million tons, of which 38 million tons were planned for export. Based on the results of the first half-year of 2020, Kazakhstan mined 54.7 million tons of coal, with a 1.9% increase compared to the same period last year: in 2019, total coal mining in Kazakhstan was 111 million tons, with 28 million tons exported.
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