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Kansk-Achinsk coal basin

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The Kansk-Achinsk coal basin (Канско-Ачинский угольный бассейн) is a lignite coal basin located in the Krasnoyarsk territory and partly in the Kemerovo and Irkutsk regions.

Surface mining in the Berezovsky-1 section

The Central-Siberian basin has the most significant reserves of open-pit mined brown-coal. Its share in national coal production was 12%, second only to the Kuznetsk basin with 52%.

External links

  • "The largest coal strip mine in Russia · Russia travel blog". Russian cities and regions guide. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
  • "Map of the basin".