A coal deposit in the Sverdlovsk region, Russia, with a production license valid until 2039, is for sale.
Deposit characteristics:
- The area of the site for field development is 9.35 square km, length of the section 3.9 km, width 2.4 km
- There are no specially protected natural objects of federal, regional or district significance on the site
- Coal reserves approved by the State Reserves Committee: B + C1 + C2 = 40,238 thousand tons
- The thickness of the layers in the calculation contour varies from 1 m to 5 m, the average is 2.11 m
- Coal volumetric mass 1.43 t/m3
- Depth of open pit mining 65-95 m
- The road to the deposit is paved, the nearest railway station is 8 km away.
Characteristics of coals:
- The coals of the deposit are hard, gas, grade G, humus, and occasionally humus-sapropel and sapropel coals
- Coals are resistant to spontaneous combustion
- The ash content of pure coal and rock mass varies within: pure coal from 12 to 17% with an average of 14%, rock mass from 14 to 24% with an average of 21%
- Coal humidity 57%
- The actual density of coals is from 1.26 to 2.14 g/cm3 with an average of 1.52 g/cm3
- The apparent density with an ash content of pure coal of 14% is 1.38 g/cm3 taking into account 100% clogging by rock layers, with an average ash content of 21% it is 1.43 g/cm3
- The sulfur content in terms of the dry state of coal ranges from 0.40-8.86%, averaging 1.3% (low-sulfur coals)
- The content of volatile substances ranges from 27.82-59.1% with an average value of 40.5%
- The heat of combustion of coal for dry ash-free mass varies in the range of 6475-8824 kcal/kg, averaging 7765 kcal/kg
- The lower calorific value at 21% ash, 1.3% sulfur, 3.7% moisture and 5.3% hydrogen content was 6186 kcal/kg or 25.9 MJ/kg. With an ash content of working fuel of 32.1%, the lower calorific value is 4821 kcal/kg
Development prospects:
- The Sverdlovsk region is experiencing an acute shortage of coal for energy
- About 19.2 million tons of coal are imported to the region per year
- The share of imports from other regions is 100% of consumption