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Region: Economics and Sociology

2012 year, number 2

Development alternatives for the Kuznetsk Coal Basin

V.N. Churashev
Keywords: long-term forecasts, internal and external factors, choosing scenarios of coal production and distribution, assessing consequences of implementation of scenarios
Pages: 206-226

Abstract

The difference of current long-term forecasts of coal production in the Kuznetsk Basin amounts to more than a hundred million metric tons. The paper analyzes the internal and external factors which enhance and limit the development of the coal industry in this region. It also discusses a possible niche the Kuznetsk Basin could occupy both in world and domestic markets, and it assess how different scenarios of coal production in this Basin would impact the economic-ecologic situation in this region.