Authors: M.Yu. Drygin

Title of the article: Evaluation of the perspectives of coal production in Kuzbass

Year: 2020, Issue: 2, Pages: 87-96

Branch of knowledge: 25.00.22 Geotechnology (underground, open and construction)s

Index UDK: 622.333

DOI: 10.26730/1999-4125-2020-2-87-96

Abstract: The analysis of the global coal market over the past decade is made. It is proved that, despite the existing environmental opposition, the world's coal demand is increasing. The fastest growing coal market is the Asia-Pacific region, led by China.
Russia is a significant player in the global coal market. It takes the sixth place in the world in terms of coal production and it is the third among the leaders in coal export losing to Australia and Indonesia. Kuzbass is one of the largest coal basins in Russia and the world, 58.3% of Russian coal is mined here. A tendency to increase the share of open coal mining in Kuzbass as compared to underground has been identified. The global economic crisis of 2020 does not affect significantly the domestic coal market, but increases the export potential of the Kuzbass coal industry.

Key words: coal market Kuzbass open-pit mining Asia-Pacific region export transport component

Receiving date: 25.03.2020

Publication date: 24.07.2020

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