BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 10
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The volume of Kazakhstan’s coal consumption is expected to decrease from 10 to 7.3 million tons this winter, Trend reports this with reference to Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructural Development.
The main decrease is expected due to the active work on supplying gas to the country’s regions: coal consumption will decrease to 4.8 million tons compared to last winter's figures were 7.2 million tons.
Some 3.4 million tons of coal have already been shipped for public utilities and the population of the regions in 1H2021. Energy producing enterprises received 31.3 million tons, and 2.9 million tons for the needs of industrial enterprises. 14.5 million tons were exported.
All regions, with the exception of East Kazakhstan region, North Kazakhstan region and Almaty, have confirmed their needs for coal products for the heating period of 2021-2022 and have already begun preparations for the new season.
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