Mixed fortunes for coal reform in the CIS. (Mining Week).(Commonwealth of Independent...

The reform programmes for the Russian coal-mining industry, funded by the World Bank and carried out in partnership with the Russian Government and non-governmental organisations, have resulted in a more competitive industry, which requires less subsidy from the Russian Government. Speaking at the `Confronting Change: Northeast England and the East European Coalfields' conference, organised by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in Newcastle in the middle of this month, Dr Alexander Robul, director general of the Reformugol Foundation of Russia, said that, owing to the reform