Donetsk basin

Donets Coalfield

Location
Donetsk Oblast
Country	Ukraine / Russia
Production
Products	Coal

The Donets Black Coal Basin or simplified Donets Coal Basin (Ukrainian: Донецький вугільний басейн, Russian: Донецкий каменноугольный бассейн) is a large coal mining region located primarily in the east Ukraine (Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast) (small portion South Russia in Rostov Oblast) known for its mining of bituminous coal (black coal). It is named after a river that flows through the region, Donets.

Donets basin represents one of the largest coal reserves in Ukraine having estimated reserves of 60 billion tonnes of coal.

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