(EnergyAsia, August 15 2011, Monday) — Russian mining and metals producer Mechel OAOsaid its coal production fell 5% to 12.53 million tonnes in the first half of 2011 compared with 13.22 million tonnes for the same period last year. CEO Yevgeny Mikhel attributed the decline to a “temporary halt” in subsidiary Yakutugol’s Nerungrinskaya washing plant…