According to Federal State Statistics Service, coal production in Jan–Feb 2011 dropped by 2 per cent against the same period of 2010 down
to 53 m t, in February — by 4.1 per cent against January and by 5.7 per cent against February 2010.
At the same time, Russia increased the output of iron-ore concentrate by 5.8 per cent up to 15.8 per cent, metallurgical coke — by 0.5 per cent up to 4.4 m t.