The enterprise is interested in Tsentral`nyy parcel in the West of the basin, corporate release says, the decision taken by its owner, NLMK (Lipetsk).
Tsentral’nyy’s coal reserves were estimated at c 640 m t, categories S1 and S2 (according to Russian classification), the whole basin featuring c 20 bn t reserves, 14.5 m t of coking grades coal included.