OREANDA-NEWS. At night from 6th to 7th of December ZAO "Berezovsky" open-pit mine (part of OJSC "Siberian Coal energy Company") excavated 250 millionth tone of coal since the launch of the Company. The honorary right to unload the jubilee ton was granted to Alexey Alexeev (Vladimir Ilyin's brigade), the machinist of a bucket wheel excavator ERSHRD-5250.

"Achieving this quarter of a billionth tons of coal is the most important milestone in the history of our company and a great present to its 40th anniversary that is coming up in 2015, - said Alexandr Buinitskiy, head of Berezovky open-pit mine. Great teamwork of employees deserves the credit for making the company one of the most promising enterprises of SUEK, while maintaining high coal production volumes".

Andrey Fedorov, executive director of OJSC "SUEK-Krasnoyarsk", who for many years had worked as chief engineer of the enterprise, also expressed his compliments, - "Today's event shows the scale and stability of the enterprise, the responsibility, professionalism and hard work of its employees. I wish you Siberian health, happiness, miner's luck and to keep up with the achieved development rates".

It should be mentioned that in November 2013 the company unloaded 100th million tone of coal to its main customer - OJSC "EON Russia" "Berezovksaya GRES" affiliate. Power suppliers expressed confidence that after the third power station will be launched in 2015 the open-pit mine will receive a powerful boost for further dynamic development.

Berezovsky open-pit mine was launched in 1975. Estimated "black coal" reserves today are 16,6 billion tons with the mining capacity of 13,5 mln tons of coal per year. Via main belt the coal is supplied to Berezovkaya GRES, the main customer that is 14 km away from the coal company. Coal transportation to the power station is done 24/7 at a speed of 4 meters per second.