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RUSSIAN COAL highs of 23% compared with the first half of 2011. However, in the second half of the year growth rates began to slow. The incredible level of growth can be attributed to a major equipment modernization program. As an example, the Chernigovets mine was supplied with two BelAZ haul trucks with a capacity of 240 and 320 mt. The mine had been using large Hitachi and Komatsu hydraulic excavators with bucket capacities from 26 to 29 m3. In May, the mine started using a P&H; 2800 electric shovel. A second P&H; 2800 was commissioned in September. The other large Russian coal miners in 2012 reported mixed levels of growth. State Investment Program In 2012, the Russian government approved a long-term program for the development of the coal industry through 2030 prepared by the Ministry of Energy. The document consists of eight sub-programs and activities including all existing federal programs, sector strategies and already taken orders of the government in respect to the coal industry. The main point of the program is the assessment of the prospects of demand for Russian coal, www.e-mj.com Table 3: Coal Mining by Top 10 Russian Companies in Recent Years Company 2009 2010 2011 2012 % 2012 to 2011 Share of the market in 2012 (%) 1. SUEK 85 562 86 797 92 256 97 517 +5.5% 27.6 2. Kuzbassrazrezugol 46 097 49 708 46 986 45 482 -3.3% 12.9 3. SDS-Coal 15 814 15 656 22 379 25 237 +11.4 7.2 4. Vostsibugol 12 066 14 564 15 800 16 754 +5.7 4.8 5. Southern Kuzbass 9 562 13 985 14 074 14 146 +0.1 4.1 6. Sibuglemet 11330 11 897 12 485 13 567 +8.0 3.8 6 034 7 197 10 857 11 550 +6.0 3.3 14 079 11 339 9 268 10 793 +10.8 3.0 7. Vorkutaugol 8. Uzhkuzbassugol 9. Jacutugol 5 617 9 185 8 045 9 961 +23.8 2.8 10.Russian coal 8 658 8 762 9 354 9 870 +5.5 2.7 Total for top 10 Russian miners 214.8 229.0 241.5 254.4 +5.3 72.1 Total for Russia 300.2 321.1 334.7 352.7 +4.7 100 based on the predicted conditions of internal and external markets. The program provides the investment of RUB 3.7 trillion ($123 billion) in the coal industry during the next 17 years. The federal government will invest about 9% out of the total level—only RUB 251.8 billion ($8.3 billion). With this program the government is planning to reach a new level of publicprivate partnership in the coal industry. It assumes that by 2030, coal production in the country will rise to 430 million mt and that there will be 82 surface mines and 64 underground mines, while the level of labor productivity (coal output per worker) will be five times APRIL 2013 • E&MJ; 97