Ways of development of coal mining industry in the Donetsk basin

Abstract

The Donetsk basin, which provided fuel for almost all of Russia, during the years of the Civil War fell into a severe decline, from which it began to recover only recently. However, the reduction of the metallurgical industry and the decrease of railroad transportation - these two main consumers of mineral fuel - forced the Administration of the United Coal Industry of Donbass not to develop production as much as it was possible due to the state of the equipment, the quality of the coal reserves opened and prepared by the existing mines and other technical reasons. The desire to reduce the cost of coal in order to make it more accessible to a wide range of consumers, and the desire to get rid of heavy overhead costs forced the Directorate to concentrate productivity on a relatively small number of mines, to liquidate or put the rest in a state of conservation.