OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2009. Open-pit mine “Cheremkhovskiy” and LLC “Orerepairing Works” of “Vostsibugol” company (the part of energy coal company JSC Irkutskenergo) are the winners of the Labor Safety Work Best Organization Contest in the nomination called “Irkutsk Region Labor Safety Work Best Organization ” according to the results of 2008. The company is not the first-time winner, thus, open-pit mine “Cheremkhovskiy” wins for the fourth time in a raw. Several hundreds of the Irkutsk region enterprises, municipal administrations and the individual enterprises took part in the contest. The solemn ceremony of awarding took place at the meeting of the Labor Safety Inter-branch Committee of the Irkutsk Region.

JSC Irkutskenergo is the largest energy coal company in Russia; it includes heat and hydro power stations, heating networks and coal deposits, transport enterprises, repair works and the coal-preparation plant. The installed capacity of the power station is 12.9 GW, more than 9GW of them belonging to the hydro power plant. The total industrial capacity of the deposits (brown and black coal) is 14.9. million tons per year. The Federal Agency for State Property Management possesses 40% of the shares of JSC Irkutskenergo, and the largest Russian private energy company EuroSibEnergo (belongs to En+Group), 50.19% of the shares.