The volume of coal mined during this period amounted to 281.2 thousand tons, which is 32% less than in the same period of the previous year, when 413.3 thousand tons were mined.
In contrast, the production of brown coal (lignite) increased by 23.7% and reached 2.04 million tons, compared to 1.65 million tons in the same period last year.
| Total Production Volume | Comparison with Previous Year | ||||||||||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2024 | 2025 | ||||||||
| Production of Hard and Brown Coal (Lignite) | August | January-August | August | January-August | August | January-August | August | January-August | |||
| Hard Coal, thousand tons | 62.0 | 413.3 | 61.2 | 281.2 | 76.3 | 97.3 | 98.8 | 68.0 | |||
| Brown Coal (Lignite), thousand tons | 290.8 | 1,648.5 | 284.7 | 2,038.7 | 154.9 | 103.0 | 97.9 | 123.7 | |||
Experts attribute the increase in brown coal production to preparations for the heating season and the growing demand in the domestic market. The decrease in hard coal production, in turn, is explained by a reduction in industrial demand.
