“He (coal. -

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) is in great demand on the world market.

This brand of coal is here, which, as it seems to us, has a serious potential for export, ”Yozhikov said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

According to him, granite of high density and hardness is also mined in the DPR, which also "may be interesting from the point of view of export outside the territory of the republic."

Earlier, the Russian government announced its readiness to help integrate the DPR metallurgical complex into Russian industry.