Coal sales rises y/y to 5.6 mln tons - ARP

Polish coal mines sold 5.61 million metric tons of coal in August, down from 5.96 million tons a year-on-year but up from 5.52 million tons sold in July, state industry restructuring agency ARP wrote in a statement. Production in August stood at 5.88 million tons vs 5.63 million tons in August 2015 and 5.65 million tons in July 2016, ARP said. The level of coal inventories increased to 5.74 million tons at end-August from 5.29 million at end-July but down from 7.34 million tons a year earlier.