State enterprises with Ukraine's Coal Industry Ministry produced 38 million tons of coal year-to-dates with the growth totaling over 3 million tons compared to 2007, the Ministry press-service reported.
Over 9 months 2008, volumes of capital investment development grew by 20% (to UAH 692mn) year-over-year, while coal miners' labor capacity went up by 11% making 24 tons a month per one worker.
The ministry plans to reduce the number of coal mines and standalone subdivisions producing less than 500 tons of coal a day.
