The “Best Forklift Driver 2023” competition was held in the city of Barabinsk, Novosibirsk Region. It was attended by employees of sales enterprises of the Kuzbass Fuel Company from 4 regions. Thanks to their work, 300 thousand households in Western Siberia were heated with Kuzbass thermal coal in 2022.
The competition was attended by representatives of all sales retail enterprises of the Kuzbass Fuel Company in Western Siberia, and these are: Novosibirsk Fuel Corporation (owners of the competition site), Kuzbasstoplivosbyt, Altai Fuel Company and TransUgol from the Omsk region.
On the territory of the Barabinsky Gortop, spectators saw complex stunts performed on multi-ton equipment. Close a matchbox with a loader bucket, lift a bar with a bucket and place it on the “machine”, take a ball from a pedestal with a bucket and, using the “fork” device, throw it into the ring - not every operator of special equipment can cope with these tasks.
– The structure of the Kuzbass Fuel Company includes one of the largest coal mines in Kuzbass with an annual production capacity of 15 million tons of coal and reserves of half a billion tons of coal, as well as two modern enrichment plants and its own railway infrastructure. But sales enterprises occupy a special place in the company’s structure. The energy security of Western Siberia depends on their successful work, – said Evgeny Dmitriev, managing director of Kuzbass Fuel Company.
Coal from the Vinogradovsky open-pit mine of the Kuzbass Fuel Company, which mines the reserves of the Karakan deposit, is supplied to residents of the Novosibirsk, Omsk, Kemerovo regions and Altai Territory, as well as to housing and communal services structures and social enterprises in these regions.
– CPC’s retail sales network includes more than 60 warehouses that supply fuel to residents of more than 100 districts and districts of Kuzbass, Novosibirsk Region, Omsk Region and Altai Territory. All these enterprises have been capturing significant market share for many years. Most of them have crossed the threshold of their 20th anniversary, – explained Vladimir Kil, executive director of Kuzbass Fuel Company.
In 2022, about 2 million tons of Kuzbass coal were supplied to retail consumers in Western Siberia. In the 1st quarter of 2023, they shipped 384 thousand tons of fuel.
We would like to add that the winners and runners-up of the “Best Forklift Driver 2023” competition were awarded commemorative cups and cash prizes. Special awards were given to honorary mentors whose work experience in the industry has been more than ten years.
Who supplies Kuzbass coal to the residents of Western Siberia?
In 2022, Kuzbassplivosbyt shipped over 660 thousand tons of coal to meet the needs of consumers in the Kemerovo region. At the same time, more than 577 thousand tons of fuel were sent to the population of Kuzbass, which is 9% higher than in 2021 (530 thousand tons).
In the 1st quarter of 2023, sales of Kuzbassplivosbyt coal amounted to 106 thousand tons, including 87 thousand tons of fuel shipped to the population, which exceeds the same period last year.
In 2022, Novosibirsk Fuel Corporation supplied consumers in the Novosibirsk region with 722 thousand tons of thermal coal. At the same time, fuel supplies to the region’s population increased by 12% compared to 2021 figures.
In the 1st quarter of 2023, NTK supplied 194 thousand tons of coal to consumers in the Novosibirsk region. Fuel supplies to budgetary institutions in the region increased by 38% in the 1st quarter of 2023 compared to the same period last year.
In 2022, Altai Fuel Company supplied consumers in the Altai Territory with over 370 thousand tons of thermal coal. At the same time, supplies to the population increased by 3% compared to 2021 – to 77 thousand tons.
During January–March 2023, Altai Fuel Company supplied about 63 thousand tons of thermal coal to consumers in the Altai Territory.
In 2022, the TransUgol company sold about 25 thousand tons of coal to residents of the Omsk region, and in total about 82 thousand tons of fuel for the needs of the region. Compared to 2021, coal supplies increased by 3%.
From January to March 2023, the company supplied over 21 thousand tons of thermal coal to the needs of the Omsk region.
