OREANDA-NEWS. On 09 July 2009 was announced, that after the temporary suspension of the mining operations Bogatyr Coal, LLP, a joint venture of the Kazakh Samruk-Energo and RUSAL, fully resumed coal mining and shipment to the power stations of Kazakhstan and Russia. In June the miners performed all the planned repairs of the mining machinery, equipment, energy supply units. The repairs of two bucket wheels have been accomplished; together with German specialists of the TAKRAF firm the reconstruction and modernization of another excavator is going on. In the total volume the railroad track facilities of Bogatyr mine have been repaired; the reconstruction of railroad stations and the major overhaul of the overhead system have been fulfilled. The repairs and adjustment of power substations have been accomplished.

All of that has allowed Bogatyr Komyr to gain the necessary tempo in the operations already on the first day and ship as much as 95 thousand tonnes of fuel to the customers. Totally in July the miners will ship as much as 2 million 840 thousand tonnes of coal: 1 million 616 thousand tonnes to the energy units of Kazakhstan and 1 million 224 thousand tonnes to the Russian Federation.

Temporary suspension of Bogatyr mine in June did not affect the operations of the power stations of the Republic of Kazakhstan, which had been provided with the fuel stocks having been prepared during the previous months. From July the power engineers are commencing the preparation of the power stations for the work within the winter period and the creation of new fuel stocks.

In the first half of the year the Partnership has sold as much as 14.4 million tonnes of coal; the program of the second six months will be much more intensive. The miners will have to mine and ship their customers over 20 million tonnes of coal.