available in Russia are enormous resources.Thus, proven coal reserves are about eleven percent, and industrial resources (about four billion tonnes) - the largest in the world - about thirty per cent of the world.Balance reserves account for more than three hundred billion tons.
main coal basins that have interregional importance, are: South Yakutia, eastern region of Donbass, Kuznetsk and Pechora coal basin.It should be noted that in South Yakutia field dominated by fossil reserves of high-quality coke.
Feature Pechora coal basin
Most of the territory is located in the northern regions, the Arctic Circle.This factor has a significant impact on the price of minerals, increasing their costs.
geographical position of the Pechora coal basin does to some extent mineral extraction difficult.It should be noted that these reserves occupy the territory of the Arkhangelsk region, in particular the Nenets Okrug, Republic of Komi.Thus, most of the fields are located in the territory of the extreme northeast of the European part of Russia.
Pechora coal basin has estimated reserves, the amount of which is estimated at three hundred forty-one billion tons.Of this amount, two hundred thirty-four billion tons - condition, and about nine billion tonnes - proven reserves.
Most of the minerals are concentrated on Vorgashorskaja, Vorkuta and Usinsk deposits.Of all the proven reserves of about forty percent of coking coal.The most valuable are the resources that can be used to produce high quality coke, constituting in conditional resources for more than twenty four billion tons.
Pechora coal basin is developed only by an underground silo.The volume of production was in 2000, about nineteen million tons.By 2003, the ninth year mining resources in the area was about eight percent of the total volume of Russia.It should be said that rather complicated geological conditions, poor technical equipment and inadequate social infrastructure in the area lead to the closure of some mining companies.Currently in development is the three fields, twelve mines are in operation.Total power production silo - twenty-six million tons.Furthermore, works and five processing factories direction.
Extraction of the minerals carried out in rather difficult conditions.Hazardous mines rock bursts and explosions of gas.The average capacity of reservoirs developed in the territory of the Pechora basin, is about 2.3-3 m's. Mining is carried at a depth of two hundred to eight hundred meters, the average depth - about five hundred meters.The area is characterized gently dipping strata.Mines, which are located at the Pechora coal basin, are part of "Intaugol", "Vorkutaugol," Joint Stock Company "Mine" West "and" Mine "Vorgashorskaja."Production is carried coal grades D, and J. GZhO caloric ratio of fossil mines "Vorgashorskaja" - 0.82 "Vorkutaugol" - 0.74, from the mines of "Intaugol" - 0.6.Extracted resources throughout the different low sulfur content.
Regional markets sales resources are in economic areas of the North-Western, Urals, Central, Central Black Earth and the North.At the forty-five per cent of the Pechora coal basin provides the Kaliningrad region and the North-West area, twenty percent - Central Black Earth and Volga-Vyatka region.
