`` VORKUTAUGOL Takes geological exploration NIZHNESYRYAGINSKOM FIELD
Vorkutaugol of `` is among the largest coal producers in Russia, a member of JSC Severstal ``. She plans to start exploration work in the autumn on Nizhnesyryaginskom field.
The company recently won an auction for the mining and exploration of coal in this field. The license has cost more than 14 million rubles. The volume of the reserves range from three million tonnes (proven reserves) to seven million tons.
The field is located 5 kilometers from the village of North. In Nizhnesyryaginskom have coking coal reserves of valuable marks #39;QL#39;, which is suitable for the production of coke quality. Today `` Vorkutaugol produces coal of `K`, `F` and `` GZhO.
The depth of mining under the terms of the license can be up to 150 meters. The layers are at depths of 20-60 meters from the surface. Development of the field will be open way.
Currently, the company produces coal by opencast mining equipment on the same field as well. The material and technical base, as well as experience of mining suggests that coal production in the new field will be carried out efficiently with low production costs and safely, in compliance with applicable laws, including environmental issues.
The field has a favorable geographical location for the company in terms of ease of mining. As a base for mine workers could be used `North #39;, which is located eight kilometers from Nizhnesyryaginskogo.
