December 2011 production update
Dear Friends,
We are pleased to update you on Sadovaya Group operational results in December 2011 and whole 2011:
- Coal sales in 2011 increased by 15.2% y/y, to 1,264 ths. tonnes
- Coal sales volume in December 2011 decreased by 3% compared to December 2010
- Production of coal at mines in 2011 increased by 70.6% y/y, to 475 ths. tonnes
- Production of coal at mines in December 2011 increased by 126.8% compared to December 2010
| in tonnes | November 2011 | November 2010 | % change, y-o-y | October 2011 | % change, m-o-m | Year-to-date 2011 | Year-to-date 2010 | % change, y-o-y |
| Coal sold | 131,819 | 128,435 | 2.6% | 136,198 | -3.2% | 1,141,298 | 971,083 | 17.5% |
| Coal mined | 47,968 | 23,65 | 102.8% | 45,71 | 4.9% | 418,237 | 253,395 | 65.1% |
| including: | ||||||||
| Sadovaya mine | 27,278 | 10,583 | 157.8% | 26,98 | 1.1% | 227,921 | 102,516 | 122.3% |
| Rassvet-1 mine | 20,69 | 13,067 | 58.3% | 18,73 | 10.5% | 190,316 | 150,879 | 26.1% |
| Coal recovered from waste dumps | 5,834 | 3,37 | 73.1% | 5,8 | 0.6% | 50,07 | 10,74 | 366.2% |