The two companies took part in the first coking coal concentrate auction held with St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange.
Mechel Trading house sold 9.522 thousand t of concentrate for 5 thousand roubles per t (FCA Tomusinskaya, VAT included), Raspadskaya Trust—24.150 thousand t for 4 to 4.5 thousand roubles per t (FCA Mezhdurechensk).