Russian Coal in the Global Market: Difficulties and Dim Prospects

Zdjęcie: Погрузка угля в Междуреченске


The EU embargo on Russian coal and the resulting request to redirect its supplies to another markets have importantly exacerbated the problems of the coal sector in Russia, which is uncovering it increasingly hard to make the expected income from exports. The low profitability of abroad sales affects the functioning of the industry, which is struggling with the crisis despite comparatively advanced prices of the natural material on the planet market. A break in the negative trend seems unlikely, as the insufficient competitiveness of Russian companies results from structural reasons.