Does Coal Have a Future?

... has a chance. Despite the fact that Russia exports significant volumes of coal, it also imports between 20 and 25 million tonnes annually from Kazakhstan for electricity generation purposes in several cities across the Urals. It is cheaper to import coal from Kazakhstan than to organize transportation from the remote regions of Siberia. Over time, the volume of imports will be reduced to a minimum, with coal originating from the Ekibastuz basin to be replaced by Kuzbass coal. The government of Kazakhstan is ...