The Russian government plans to construct coal terminals at the countries major seaports, Russian Deputy Premier Igor Sechin said on Friday.
He said the decision was made to construct public coal terminals at ports in the Barents, Baltic and Black seas and the Russian Far East during a meeting attended by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday.
"I think the Transport Ministry will begin working on the order soon," Sechin said at a meeting on the development of the Russian coal industry in the Siberian city of Neryungry.
