The meeting was attended by Head of the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service Maxim Shaskolsky, Head of the Federal Rail Transport Agency Alexei Druzhinin, Deputy Energy Minister Sergei Mochalnikov, Deputy Industry and Trade Minister Albert Karimov, Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev, Governor of the Novosibirsk Region Andrei Travnikov, and officials from federal ministries, regions of the Russian Federation, railway companies, rail transport operators, car maintenance companies, seaports, consignors and metals companies.
The discussion included the pricing policy for coal transportation (exports) from railway rates to the transshipment rates set by the ports.
The proposals approved at the meeting for minimising the negative impact for those involved in coal mining and haulage will be submitted to the Russian Government.