Geographical Destinations and Scale of the Siberian Coals Export
E.A. Sherin
V. B. Sochava Institute of Geography SB RAS
Keywords: угольная промышленность, транспортировка углей, угольные бассейны, экспорт, Сибирь, Coal industry, coal transportation, coal basins, export, Siberia
Abstract
The paper analyzes the scale of the Siberian coals export and indicates their importing countries in the west and east (relative to the Siberia). The history of the coal export outside Siberia is outlined. The author examines the coal basins in Siberia, which coals are or can be exported. He also identified volume and areas for export from each Siberian coal basin. The development of the Russian facilities for the Siberian coal transporting is analyzed. The problems and constraints of the Siberian coals export, connected primarily with the railways and the cargo ports are investigated, as well as the possibility of overcoming them such like the reconstruction of old and construction of new railway branches, an alternative way of transporting the coal products, and the depth increasing of their processing. The outlook for the Siberian coals export is briefly presented.
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