AUTHOR: Lee B. Clarke
DATE: August 1996
PAGES: 50
ABSTRACT:
This report considers the prospects for coal production, supply and the use in the Russian Federation.
Russian coal production has fallen dramatically since the break up of the former Soviet Union. The energy
sector is undergoing major reform as part of the general transitioned economy to an economy that is principally
market led. Output has declined as coal demand has decreased. At the same time, productivity has decreased in
many coal fields and there is lack of investment in plant and new capacity, However, coal still provides
around a fifth of Russia's total primary energy supply and remains a substantial coal producing, consuming,
and exporting nation.
Coal output and use are analyzed, considering trends in energy use, electricity demand, and export potential, set against a background of industry restructuring.