Russian Mining Industry since 1994
ISSN 1609-9192 (print)
ISSN 2587-9138 (online)
Dear Colleagues,
For already 74 years, the last Sunday of August has been celebrated by coal miners in Russia and other CIS countries as their professional holiday - the Miner's Day.
Currently, the main coal-mining region of Russia is Kuzbass, which has recently celebrated its three-centennial anniversary. President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin took part in the celebrations. He called this event the most important date in the history of Russia. Many generations of workers in this legendary mining region, including coal miners, metallurgists, chemists, mechanical engineers and others, have brought Kuzbass its world-wide fame. The head of the state noted that new jobs should be created not only in the sectors that are traditional for the region, i.e. coal mining, metallurgy and chemical industries, but it is necessary to diversify the economy of Kuzbass. With this, the President outlined the prospects for Kuzbass development.
As a mining specialist who has devoted a considerable part of his life to Kuzbass, I am far from being indifferent to the future of coal mining in this region, especially in view of the global and at the same time liberal policy of the so-called decarbonization (the green revolution and refusal to use hydrocarbons). I am deeply convinced that the interest of Russian business in coal mining and coal use will not fade away at least in the medium term. read more...
