In RUSSIAN MINING involved about 170 THOUSAND PEOPLE
Vladimir Putin also spoke by video link with miners working in the Kemerovo region, Norilsk and Yakutia.
Miner#39;s Day, established 65 years ago, according to a Russian on the last Sunday of August.
Over the past decade, coal production in Russia increased by a quarter, exports have increased three-fold. In the past year, were issued to the surface almost 340 million tons of coal - a record figure in recent history.
Approved a long-term program of development of coal industry until 2030. Its most important priorities - the modernization of production, expansion of the resource base, including the creation of new centers of coal production in the Far East, Tuva and Yakutia.
`In the first place should always be decent working conditions and safety, fair pay and pensions of miners and miners. I hope that the owners of businesses, trade unions will be given a key to solving the social problems of the workers. Only in the coal mining industry, we are working about 170 thousand people.
Together with their families is almost 700,000 #39;, - said Vladimir Putin.
According to him, the government will continue to implement the system of steps aimed at improving the safety and reliability of the work.
Together with the regions will equip the mining towns and villages, there is still a lot of problems. Will continue to be engaged in the reconstruction program industry, including addressing housing issues and environmental rehabilitation area. We will help our businesses to implement programs of development, in the framework of public-private partnerships to build the capacity of the transport, logistics infrastructure to Russian companies access to new and promising markets for their products#39;, - said the President of Russia.
