Nowadays one of the major components of our coal deliveries is sized coal which makes 15% of the coal sold by our company.
Sized coal exported by MIR Trade is represented by such grades as SSPK (50-200 mm) and SSOM (13-50 mm). These coal grades have such advantages as the content of large fractions, high NCV (up to 7900 kcal/kg) and Hardgrove index, low ash and moisture contents, almost absolute absence of sulphur and toxic elements. Besides, this coal is homogeneous in size without non-coal contamination. All the above mentioned characteristics can refer the sized coal exported by our company to the coal grades of very high quality.
The share of the sized coal deliveries to the Turkish market amounts to 90% of the whole sized coal sold by our company. This coal grade is used in Turkey by households for heating purposes. So the Turkish market is a strategic market for the coal supplied by MIR Trade.
At present about the half of sized coal volumes is engaged in retail trade through the joint venture created in Turkey. In 2003 on the Marmara Sea shore the largest coal briquette plant in Turkey was put into operation by our company.
During last years our company has been one of the three largest coal suppliers to the Turkish market and now continues to strengthen its positions. | 
