EVALUATION OF KUZBASS ALTERNATIVE SOLID COMBUSTIBLE MINERAL RESOURCES
Data on the bedding conditions, quality and resources of Devon coals and shales and coals of Barzass geological and economic district of Kuzbass are generalized. It is noted that resources of Dmitrievskiy deposit of sapromix coal (207 million tons) and shales (1,553,000,000 tons) create the preconditions for the organization of processing industries in the country through the use of previously unclaimed raw materials that will benefit the state of mineral resources and lead to a system knowledge-intensive export-demand technology.