The natural gas output in Russia has increased by 11.5 percent in 2010, while the coal output has grown by 6.5 percent, a statement issued by the Russian Energy Ministry on Sunday said.
Russian enterprises have recovered the total of 650,311 billion cubic meters of gas the last year; 184,944 billion cubic meters of them were exported abroad. That way, in 2010 the national gas export has grown 10.6 percent in comparison with the 2009 figures.
Russia's gas giant Gazprom has shrunk its gas output by 16 percent in 2010, this year it plans to increase the output by 16 percent and recover 461.4 billion cubic meters of gas.
The coal output forecasts of the Energy Ministry have also proven true with 320,922 million tons of coal extracted in 2010.
Some $ 1.9 billion have been put in the coal mining industry the last year, the Energy Ministry said.
MOSCOW, January 2 (RIA Novosti)
