Ukrainian
mining and steel producing group
Metinvest has announced that its
mining subsidiary Krasnodonugol has prepared the fully-mechanized northern longwall face No. 17 at mine n.a. Barakov for operations. The deposits of the new longwall face have over 600,000 mt of high-quality
coking coal of Zh grade. The launch of
mining is scheduled for July this year.
Currently, the installation of
mining equipment is being carried out. The length of the longwall face is 300 meters. Coal
mining will be conducted at a depth of 756 meters.