An Option to Complete BELKOMUR Railway Construction

P.I. Tarasov¹, M.L. Khazin², V.М. Georgiev^3
1 ‘Perspektiva-M’ LLC, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
² Ural State Mining University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation
³ Duma of the Kachkanar urban district, Kachkanar, Russian Federation
Russian Mining Industry №5 / 2020 р. 86-90

Abstract: Research objective: analysis of options to complete BELKOMUR railway construction. Research methodology: analysis of directions for construction of the main transport routes that would enable comprehensive development of the North of the European part and the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Results: The meridian direction, i.e. the North-South Corridor, plays a crucial role in the development of the North of the European part and the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation. Using this route for transporting international transit cargo through the territory of Russia ensures a significant reduction in delivery time from European countries to countries in the Asian-Pacific Region, the Indian Ocean and the Persian Gulf regions, and completely changes the logistics. Having the construction materials relatively nearby is an advantage for building any transport highway. The huge volumes of accumulated waste rock, tailings and slags are creating serious economic and environmental problems in mining regions. The rocks in these dumps have been stored for quite a long time, so the dump is a consolidated rock massif made up of various lump sizes. Therefore, this rock can be used as a construction material for transport routes. Conclusions: This approach will make it possible to both address environmental challenges and organise large-scale production of comparatively cheap crushed stone from large-capacity sources of raw materials.

Keywords: main transport routes, railway, road train, waste rock, dumps, quarries, ecology, cargo transportation

For citation: Tarasov P.I., Khazin M.L., Georgiev V.М. An Option to Complete BELKOMUR Railway Construction. Gornaya promyshlennost = Russian Mining Industry. 2020;(5):86–90. (In Russ.) DOI: 10.30686/1609-9192-2020-5-86-90.

Article info

Received: 31.08.2020

Revised: 09.09.2020

Accepted: 15.09.2020

Information about the author

Petr I. Tarasov – full member of the Russian Academy of Mining, Candidate of Science (Engineering), Deputy Director for Science, ‘Perspektiva-M’ LLC, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Mark L. Khazin – Doctor of Engineering, Full Professor, Ural State Mining University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Vladimir M. Georgiev – deputy, Duma of the Kachkanar urban district, Sverdlovsk region, Kachkanar, Russian Federation; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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