Kansk-Achinsk coal basin
The Kansk-Achinsk coal basin (Канско-Ачинский угольный бассейн) is a lignite coal basin located in the Krasnoyarsk territory and partly in the Kemerovo and Irkutsk regions.
The Central-Siberian basin has the most significant reserves of open-pit mined brown-coal. Its share in national coal production was 12%, second only to the Kuznetsk basin with 52%.
External links
[edit]- "The largest coal strip mine in Russia · Russia travel blog". Russian cities and regions guide. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
- "Map of the basin".
