On December 6, Russian mining and metals company Mechel announced that work has been suspended at several facilities at two mines of its subsidiary Southern Kuzbass Coal Company in the southwestern part of Siberia.
The work at some of the facilities of the Lenin Underground and New-Olzherassk mines has been suspended by order of Mezhdurechensk city court for an inspection conducted by the Mezhdurechensk territorial branch of the Southern Siberian department of the Federal Agency for Ecological, Technological and Nuclear Monitoring. According to the company's statement, most of the monitoring agency's requirements have been met as of now. Within the Lenin Underground and New-Olzherassk mines' mining sections, gas and dust conditions meet safety standards.
Mining at all facilities of the Lenin Underground and New-Olzherassk mines is planned to be resumed within a few days.