The coal industrial sector has actively applied the technologies of using light burned magnesia support, dolomite support and arch-shaped support to considerably decrease the rate of using prop timber.

In the first half of the year alone, complexes and coal mines of the sector made signal progress in the work to self-produce V-shape metal support effective for lowering the cost of coal production and the consumption of timber.

The construction and building materials industry sector, which takes a big share in the utilization of timber, are using metal, plastic and light burned magnesia for scaffold, shuttering and temporary structure, in exchange for timber, and conducting the research work for applying the technologies of using plastic, metal and synthetic materials in the production of fittings and furniture.

Besides, practical measures for lowering the consumption of timber to the maximum are taken in such sectors as agriculture, electric power industry and light industry.