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.

Surface mining in the Berezovsky-1 section

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

• "The largest coal strip mine in Russia · Russia travel blog". Russian cities and regions guide. Retrieved 2017-11-20.
• "Map of the basin". Archived from the original on 2022-05-22. Retrieved 2017-11-20.