Reserves of the new 1500+-meter long-face by the Yuzhkuzbassugol’s mine total to 940 thousand t of Zh-graded coking coal (by Russian standards).
Modern high-technology machinery was introduced to the long-face, including Grot 950 loader, Scorpion 3000P grinder, 3KM 128 set of equipment, Rybnik 850 conveyor and KWS 460NE cutter-loader.