Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- Officials and workers in the coal industry of the DPRK have made successes in consolidating the material and technical foundation for stable and sustainable development of production.

The Ministry of Coal Industry carried out the plans for inclined shift tunneling and preparatory tunneling and completed the project for laying and repairing belt conveyors in more than 10 000-meter-long sections.

Officials and workers at the Anju Area Coal Mining Complex, the Sunchon Area Youth Coal Mining Complex and other coal mining complexes across the country made successes in the work to create reserve coal fields, expand the carrying capacity and attain the goals for developing science and technology.

The Mining Engineering Institute of the Academy of Coal Mining Science completed a new technology for tunnel maintenance, and the coal mine labor protection institute developed and introduced the technology for preventing spontaneous ignition and removing gases. -0-