Technological, economic and social aspects of the provision of solid fuels to the Arctic regions of Yakutia

Sergye Tkach,Natalya Batugina,Vladimir Gavrilov,I Rasskazov,S Tkach

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/202019203001

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Abstract

The article examines the reasons leading to the increase in the price of fuel and energy resources consumed in the Arctic regions of the Yakutia. The paper studies the conditions for the development of coal deposits in the region. It is shown the lack of open cast mines that meet modern criteria for efficient use of small-scale open mining by quality and logistic accessibility. This article determines that with the minimum level of clogging of the hard coal mined and the stabilization of its quality over time, it is possible to efficiently recycle the fuel without other precombustion measures. In the case of development of brown coal deposits, additional enrichment is required after extraction to improve the level of consumables. The paper stresses that development of local small-scale deposits of coal is important direction to improve energetic safety of arctic regions. It is necessary to select the coal mines most suitable for open-cast mining, as close to consumers and also with the best quality indicators. The use of the specified measures of technological and economic management, administrative regulation and improvement of mechanisms of «northern delivery» make it possible to facilitate the creation and operation of new coal mines in the Arctic zone of Yakutia. In turn, this reduce coal delivery periods, its quantity and quality losses in the supply chain, and improve local fuel and energy complexes.

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Conditions for delivery of fuel and energy resources to the arctic regions of Republic Sakha (Yakutia) can be called super complicated: very low level of territorial development, low density of population, long distances to consumer, complicated and long logistics, limited transport time by water and road with small quantities of fuel consumed (5-50,000 tons) of regions.Collectively, this results in significant losses and increases in the cost of fuel at the point of consumption by 3 to 8 times or more than the reference price at the place of shipment
The analysis shows that coal exploration in the Yakutia region was mainly carried out in the 1940-1960s
For the Arctic regions of the Russian Federation this experience is completely difficult to apply: the legislation requires a number of permits and project documents, without which mining cannot be organized, even if the site is small and has no industrial value

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Conditions for delivery of fuel and energy resources to the arctic regions of Republic Sakha (Yakutia) can be called super complicated: very low level of territorial development, low density of population, long distances to consumer (up to 2-3,000 km), complicated and long logistics (several crossings and delivery times of up to 2.0-2.5 years), limited transport time by water and road with small quantities of fuel consumed (5-50,000 tons) of regions This results in significant losses and increases in the cost of fuel at the point of consumption by 3 to 8 times or more than the reference price at the place of shipment. This requires taking into account a wide range of socio-economic, natural-climatic, georesource, technological, energy and other factors

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