Public Joint Stock Company Kuzbasskaya Toplivnaya Company reported operating results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2017. For the quarter, the company produced 3.80 million tonnes of coal, a 22% increase over the year-ago period. The volume of commercial products grew by 21%, reaching 3.27 million tonnes.Coal processing remained rose by 27%, and amounted to 2.68 million tonnes, which is 6% more than in the third quarter of 2017. Total coal washing went down by 3% compared to the 2016 indicator, to 0.99 million tonnes, of which 78% belongs to the Kaskad2 washing plant.Coal-sorting volume went up by 55% compared to the year-ago level and by 8% to the third quarter of 2017, and amounted to 1.69million tonnes. The volume of blasted rock mass was 11.15 million cbm, an increase of 16% for the quarter and 26% more compared to the year-ago period. Fourth Quarter 2017 Key Commercial Results In the fourth quarter sales grew by 18% versus the volume of the previous quarter, reaching 3.73 million tonnes of coal. For the full year 2017 the Company produced 13.23 million tonnes of coal, which is 13% more than in 2016. Commercial product volume in 2017 stood at 11.44 million tonnes, an increase of 13% in yearly terms. Coal processing amounted to 9.70 million tonnes, 10% more than in 2016. Total coal washing fell by 3% to 4 million tonnes.