Ukraine - Natural resources
1.15.1 Mineral resources - over 90 types of mineral resources have been surveyed (about 8,000 deposits, of which about 60% are in operation). - Energy resources: coal reserves are estimated at 47.1 billion tons, coal deposits are concentrated in Donetsk (50 thousand km.p.), Lvov - Volani (10 thousand km.p.) Dnieper, Nadnistrianşcina, Predkarpatie, Zakarpatie (brown coal). - The crude oil deposits were prospected in the Dnepropetrovsk-Donetsk regions (114 thousand km.p.), Predkarpatie, Dnepro-Donetsk, Azov Sea and Black Sea and are valued (January 1, 2002) at approx. 247 million tons. About 60% of the deposits are at depths of more than 5,000 m. Iron ore deposits (estimated at 28 billion tons) are found in the Dnepropetrovsk (Krivoy-Rog) and Kerch basins. In 2001, Ukraine extracted 54.8 million. tons of iron ore (compared to 105 million tons in 1990). Other deposits: titanium, mercury, polymetal, nickel, bauxite, copper, magnesium (2.5 billion tons, second place after South Africa)...