2012 saw the 3% increase in the volume of sales against the similar period in the previous year and constituted 91.8 mln tons of coal. Russian consumers bought 52.9 mln tons of coal which 4% lower against the figures for the previous year, of which 40.5 mln tons were shipped to electric energy industry companies.
The volumes of cross-borders sales grew by 15 % and constituted 38.8 mln tons of coal with the export of own coal growth by 20 % and constituted 36.0 mln tons. The main directions of cross-border sales are South Korea, Great Britain, Chine, Japan, Taiwan, Poland, Israel and Germany.