Hundreds of Reserve Cutting Faces Secured

Pyongyang, May 25 (KCNA) -- The coal industrial sector of the DPRK continues to increase the number of reserve cutting faces by giving precedence to prospecting and tunneling. According to data available, hundreds of reserve cutting faces have been newly secured till early May to guarantee the increased coal production. The Sunchon Area Youth Coal Mining Complex, in particular, has provided over 120 reserve cutting faces. The same is true of the Tokchon Area Coal-Mining Complex, Pukchang Area Youth Coal Mining Complex and Hukryong, Munchon, Sinri and other coal mines in different parts of the country. -0-