Russian Mining Industry since 1994
ISSN 1609-9192 (print)
ISSN 2587-9138 (online)
Dear Colleagues,
This July we are celebrating the 300th anniversary since the industrial development commenced in Kuzbass, one of the world's largest coal basins. This event is of special significance for many miners: for me personally, Kuzbass has become a real University of life. The editorial in this issue of our Journal is dedicated to this milestone event.
More than 20,000 people attended the Kuzbass Now! Exhibition at the State Tretyakov Gallery on Krymsky Val. In his opening speech during the Exhibition the Governor of Kuzbass Sergey Tsivilev concluded: "The exhibition project in the Tretyakov Gallery is a unique chance to see the continuity and the power of transformation: from the time of Komsomol construction projects to today's changes in the social and economic development of Kuzbass”.
This year the Siberian Coal Energy Company (SUEK) celebrates its 20th anniversary. A considerable number of SUEK's operations are located in Kuzbass, and this fuses together the centuries-old history of this coal region with the history of the modern coal mining company. read more...
