MMK is in talks to buy the Tikhov coal mine in Kuzbass for ₽22 billion from the Industrial and Metallurgical Holding Company, sources told Interfax. The coal reserves at the mine are of the scarce Zh and 2Zh grades in Russia. Coal has a low ash content of 33-40% and a high percentage of fat coals, which is rare for Russian deposits. Design capacity of the mine is 1.8 million tons of coal per year. In 2022, the mine produced 1.25 million tons.