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Russia October coal output up 4.4% y-o-y

Russia, a major coal-producing country, produced 34.38 million tonnes of coal in October, posting a year-on-year rise of 4.4%, showed the latest data from the Ministry of Energy.

Coal output of the country over January-October stood at 300.83 million tonnes, an increase of 4.7% on year, data showed.

In October, Russia exported 13.45 million tonnes of coal, up 7% from the previous year.

Coal exports over January-October fell 1.2% from a year ago to 126.14 million tonnes.

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