COAL RESERVES deposits in the Urals are depleted
Recoverable reserves of coal mining enterprises UFD will last for a period of 2 to 66 years.
Almost all of the proven reserves in the District of coal delivered to the balance to be concentrated in Khanty-Mansiysk, Sverdlovsk and Chelyabinsk regions. In general, this 1 billion 959.5 million tons. Of these, 269.8 million tons are distributed mineral reserve fund.
Unapproved reserves are estimated at 619 million tons of coal.
Local miners are unable to meet the needs of industry and energy UFD in coal - it has to purchase in the Kuznetsk and Ekibastuz basins. At present, most of the coal deposits in the Urals almost worked out. Reserves remaining plots are small, that defines the high cost of production.
In particular, the cost of 1 ton of coal mine Volchansky Sverdlovsk region is about 200 rubles, on mine Bulanashsky - 1800 rubles. In the Chelyabinsk region by open-pit mining costs about 340 rubles per ton, in the mines - 570 rubles. According to geologists, the priority attention of the State to the oil and gas industry development infringes several raw materials base of the Urals for solid minerals.
