BELON AIMS TO BOOST COAL PRODUCTION 34 PERCENT IN 2009, CUT INVESTMENT 62 PERCENT

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The Novosibirsk-based Beion coal and metals group is planning to increase coal production 33.9 percent to 7.5 million tonnes in 2009, Belon general director Andrei Dobrov told journalists on March 16 following the signing of an agreement on socioeconomic cooperation with the Kemerovo regional administration. The plan for last year envisioned production of 7 million tonnes of coal, although actual output turned out lower since the crisis kept the company from producing coking coal in the last three months of 2008 due to a slump in the metals and coal industries, including problems with exports, he said.