Vladimir Berezovsky's Team Hit a New All-Russia Record In Coal Winning

In July, the team won 827,000 metric tons of coal, beating the previous record of Vladimir Melnik's team at Kotinskaya mine (affiliated to SUEK-Kuzbass) established in 2012 by almost 120,000 metric tons.

The record was established at longwall face No. 67-08. The longwall work is carried out using a mechanized coal winning system comprising 175 mechanized supports by DBT (Bucyrus), an SL-500 shearer loader (Eickhoff), a PF4/1132 longwall conveyor, a PF4/1132 gate-road conveyor, an SK11/11 crusher and a В-1600 belt loader. The longwall is peculiar in that the coal from the production face is transported to the industrial site using a conveyor chain consisting of 3 belt conveyors with 1,600 mm wide belts and the productivity rate of 3,500 metric tons per hour. On the surface, a radial HE-K2L1600 belt stacker boasting the productivity rate of 3,500 metric tons per hour forms a coal storage.

"Such a result has been achieved owing to the high professionalism of the whole personnel of the colliery, and the miners' dedication. The program of equipping the facilities with machinery was also a major factor. This is a worthy gift of our miners for the entire coal industry of Russia, commemorating the 65th anniversary of the Miner's Day," observed Vladimir Artemyev, Deputy CEO, Manufacturing Director, SUEK.