Accounting for valuable and rare metals, contained in brown coals, allows us to more accurately assess the real value of coal deposits. Natalya Mirkhalevskaya, head of the coal geology sector at the Karpinsky Institute, spoke about this at the Coal forum. The new approach fundamentally changes the understanding of the value of coal basins.
Specialists from the Karpinsky Institute have developed and successfully tested a unique method of geological and economic assessments rare metals. This technique is used for non-traditional types of mineral raw materials – rare metal-brown coal deposits of the Far East. Its main goal is to determine the practical effectiveness of the extraction and further use of valuable components.
Scientists conducted a large-scale analysis of the resource potential of coal deposits in several regions of the Far Eastern Federal District. The study involved facilities in the Amur region, Khabarovsk and Kamchatka territories, as well as in the Magadan, Sakhalin and Primorsky regions. An integrated approach allowed us to obtain an objective picture.
The results obtained formed the basis for important recommendations. Calculations of starting payments and plans for the inclusion of new areas of the unallocated subsoil fund in licensing programs must now take into account the presence of valuable metals in coal. This is a fundamentally new step in mastering subsoil.
Based on a comprehensive ranking of fields, the most promising objects for licensing can be identified. Scientists took into account rare metal specialization, volumes of coal reserves and predicted metal resources, as well as the results of a geological and economic assessment.
The incidental extraction of a number of rare and other valuable metals from coals of metal-bearing deposits of the Far East will significantly increase the economic efficiency of their development. The presence of valuable components should be reflected in the price of coal and stimulate demand for coal products, including in export markets.
The material was prepared with the support of the Russian Ministry of Education and Science as part of the Decade of Science and Technology.
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