Review of the Soviet deep mine and openpit coal industry

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1977 · World Coal; (United States)

OSTI ID:5293357

Vast reserves of deep and opencast coal and a dependence on coal for energy plus adequate production and utilization research ensures a healthy industry for a good many years to come. The Coal Industry of the USSR produced 712,000,000 metric tons of coal in 1976. The major task facing the Soviet coal industry is to obtain increased quantities of higher quality coal at lower cost. An increase in coal-producing efficiency and economy is closely connected with the simultaneous solution of the most important social problem in the industry: to ease the arduous work of miners and create safer working conditions. Coal miners in the USSR receive high wages, and the majority of coal miners and mine construction workers employed underground enjoy a 30-hour work week, believed to be the shortest in the world. The coal industry of the Soviet Union possesses everything necessary for the attainment of new goals in the nationwide drive for technical progress and growth of the socialist economy. Proved and probable coal reserves in the USSR are estimated at 420,400,000,000 tons. They are distributed irregularly over the territory of the country. The major part of the reserves (over 70 percent) are concentrated in the Eastern part of the country.

• OSTI ID: 5293357
• Journal Information: World Coal; (United States), Journal Name: World Coal; (United States) Vol. 3:11; ISSN WOCOD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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