About company Projects Development of the Arctic Social responsibility news RUS ENG May 16, 2018 Vostochny open pit and Russian Railways agreed on long-term cooperation News: Open-pit mine Vostochny Today, on May 16, the head of the West Siberian railway Alexander Gritsai and the general director of Vostochny open pit LLC Maxim Podmiglazov signed an agreement on cooperation in the creation of new and development of the existing transport infrastructure. The agreement was signed within the framework of the VII International Siberian Transport Forum in Novosibirsk, in the presence of Andrei Travnikov, Acting Governor of the Novosibirsk Region. The implementation of the agreement will lead to the expansion of the railway's throughput capacity, which will allow the Vostochny open pit investment program to increase the production of anthracite to 10 million tons by 2020. The development of the coal industry in the region, in turn, will contribute to an increase in the number of jobs and an increase in the welfare of residents region. Maksim Podmiglazov, general director of Vostochny Razrez, stressed that reducing the use of road transport in favor of increasing railroad traffic will have a positive effect on the environmental situation. According to him, in 2015-2017. in this direction the enterprise has done a large amount of work. “In 2015, the mine began construction of a non-public railway track from the deposit, adjacent to the Evsino station of the West Siberian Railway. Reconstruction of public transport infrastructure facilities at Evsino station has been completed, says Maxim Podmiglazov. “Currently, the non-public railway track with an operating contact network is unique on the territory of the Novosibirsk Region and allows to significantly increase the volume of shipment of mined coal by rail, without modernizing the existing track development at Evsino station”. Publications: news Photo gallery Everything By topics: Kiyzassky open pitArctic mining companyVostochny sectionThe future of the regionResource baseSocial responsibilityUK "VostokUgol"history of the companyInfrastructure development Production regionsDevelopment prospects Everything Vostochny section Extracts anthracite - a unique high-tech raw material recognized as the best grade of coal More details About company UK "VostokUgol" Production regions Situational Analytical Center Contacts Projects Kiyzassky open pit Vostochny section Arctic mining company Sugodinsko-Ogodzhinskoe field "Port" Vera " Development of the Arctic Arctic corridor Social responsibility Environmental protection news news Photo gallery © 2016-2018 - VostokUgol. All rights reserved.