Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Company

Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Company was founded in 2000 at the initiative of the local governments of the Kemerovo and Novosibirsk regions. The Company’s goal was to assure a stable supply of coal to local population and public utilities in these regions.

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2011

At the "Vinogradovsky" open-pit mine a new treatment facility was put into operation and development commenced on a second enrichment plant which has a planned capacity of 3.6 mln tonnes per annum.

At the "Vinogradovsky" open-pit mine an “in-ground” coal storage facility with a capacity of 500 thousand tonnes per annum was put into operation.

In 2011 the second stage of OJSC "Russian Railway" technical specifications on the development of private rights of way by LLC Freight Forwarding Company “Meret” were fully met. The following developments were also implemented: seven new receiving-departure lines, the second construction stage of the overhead contact system, an administrative office building, a freight wagon inspection station, a treatment facility, and also the reconstruction of the Uba central electrical station to increase potential coal loading volumes to 700 cars a day. In 2011 LLC Freight Forwarding Company “Meret” achieved record transportation volumes of 12.7 mln tonnes of coal.
2010

The first enrichment plant Kaskad with 2 mln. tonnes capacity is put into operation at Cheremshansky open-pit mine. The company constructs and opens the unique repair bay for heavy trucks.

In 2010 the subsidiaries of OJSC "Kuzbasstoplivosbyt" reached the maximum volume of coal sales, which composed 1,416 thousand tonnes.

In November 2010 the maximum volume of freight turnover of LLC “TEK Meret” was reached for the whole history of its existence, the volume composed 39.7 mln t/km. Also during that month the maximum volume of monthly coal shipping of OJSC "Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Company” was reached, the volume composed 724 thousand tonnes.
2009
 The Company starts construction of a new enrichment plant with a capacity of 2 mln tons per year.
2008
 In May, the Company launches the Cheremshansky mine, which becomes the most productive open-pit mine commissioned in Kuzbass in the last 20 years. Novosibirsk Fuel Corporation is established with a network of 19 points of sale, located in all densely populated areas of the Novosibirsk region (sales volume of 1.2 mln tons per year). The railroad sidetrack of the Cheremshansky open-pit mine with a length of 10 km is commissioned.
2007
 The Company completes exploration works and begins the construction of the Cheremshansky open-pit mine. Two operating open-pit mines, the Vinogradovsky and the Karakansky-South, produce 4.1 mln tons of coal. Аltay Fuel Company with 7 points of sale in the Altay region and sales capacity of 400 thousand tons per year is founded . In August 2007, the Company commissions a new modern coal-storage facility in Anzhero-Sudzhensk with a capacity of 200 thousand tons per year.
2006
 The Company conducts exploration works at the Cheremshansky minefield. All three mines are integrated into one branch – the Vinogradovsky open-pit mine. The Vinogradovsky open-pit mine produces 1.6 mln tons and the Karakansky-South 2.6 mln tons. The Company acquires shares in 6 points of sale in the Novosibirsk region with sales capacity of 450 thousand tons per year. The railway track Pesterevo Station – Fadeyevsky sidetrack with a length of 15.4 km is opened, doubling coal transportation of producers in the central part of the Kemerovo region to 20 mln tons.
2005
 The Company acquires a license to develop the Cheremshansky coal deposit. The Company also acquires licenses to develop Karakansky-South-2 and Vinogradovsky-2 sites, the cutbacks to the main mines. The coal output at the Vinogradovsky open-pit increases to 1.8 mln tons and at the Karakansky-South to 2.6 mln tons. The Company acquires Transugol, which owns a network of coal storage facilities (5 points of sale) that provides coal to 10 municipal institutions in the Omsk region (sales capacity of 200 thousand tons per year). The Company launches the second turbine generator at Kaskad-Energo.
2004
 The Company begins the construction of the new open-pit mine Vinogradovsky in April and launches the mine in September. The coal output at the Vinogradovsky mine amounts to 400 thousand tons and at the Karakansky-South to 2.7 mln tons. Kuzbasstoplivosbyt is expanded to 24 points of sale with a turnover of 1.6 mln tons. The railroad sidetrack of the Vinogradovsky open-pit mine with a length of 7.3 km is commissioned. Kaskad-Energo is reconstructed with the commissioning of a turbine generator.
2003
 The Company acquires a license to develop the Vinogradovsky minefield in December. The coal output of Karakansky-South amounts to 2.4 mln tons. Kuzbasstoplivosbyt is established jointly with the local government of the Kemerovo region. New coal mining technologies are introduced, reducing the Company’s operating costs. State procurements of energy fuel become more transparent. Kaskad-Energo is established in cooperation with the local government of the Kemerovo region based on the central thermal power plant in the city of Anzhero-Sudzhensk.
2002
 The Company completes the second stage of construction at the Karakansky-South mine, increasing its total capacity to 2.3 mln tons per year. The Company builds the first modern coal-storage facility for retail operations in Kemerovo with sales volume of 70 thousand tons.
2001
 In the second half of the year the Karakansky-South mine reaches its design capacity of 2 mln tons per year. The output amounts to 1.3 mln tons. Total sales to the public utilities and the local population of the Kemerovo region amount to 3.2 mln tons. The railway sidetrack extended to Meret railway station from the Karakano-Uropsky deposit is launched. The Company commissions railway lines to the Karakansky-South mine, extending 10.5 km.
2000
 The Company launches the Karakansky-South open-pit mine. A monthly coal output increases from 336 tons in January 2000 to 96.3 thousand tons in July. The output amounts to 0.37 mln tons for the whole year. The Company makes deliveries for the local government of the Kemerovo region. The sales volume from April (the Company’s foundation) to December amounts to 1.8 mln tons.