Mineral Resources Management on the basis of the United Nations FrameworClassificaion (National Classification of Mineral Reserves and Resources of Ukraine)

Abstract

Characteristic of United Nations Framework Classification for fossil energy and mineral reserves and resources (UNFC-2009) as an universal system of mineral reserves/resources deposits evaluation in market conditions, is given. The UNFC-2009 ensures reporting on reserves / resources evaluation for all types of raw ma-terials, takes into account the influence of ecological and social factors and allows to maintain national termi-nology while ensuring its consistency with the international standards. The comparison with the Classification of Ukraine has allowed to establish that National classification is based on the same approaches to categorization of reserves/resources as the UNFC-2009 and all categories of mineral reserves and resources, which are used by Classification of Ukraine, find their analogues in the UNFC-2009 that not only allows to take into account the needs of the state, but also provides comparability of the statistical reporting on reserves/resources at an international level. The directions for development of the Ukraine Classification on the path to its further harmo-nization with the UNFC-2009 and other classification systems (CRIRSCO, SPE PRMS) are determined. The issues of development, promotion and support for the implementation of a global system that can be used as a tool for sustainable management of natural resources are highlighted. Priority is given to the development and deployment of the United Nations Resource Management System (UNRMS) based on the United Nations Framework for Classification of Resources (UNFC), including principles, specifications, guidelines, protocols (procedures and checklists) and best practices designed to promote the sustainable management of energy, raw materials and other resources.

Innovative Approach to the Integrated Use of Energy Resources of Underground Coal Gasification

“…The current mining equipment and methods of underground mining cannot solve the problem of efficient mining of coal seams which thickness is less than 0.7 m; that results in significant coal losses in the interior of the earth. Thus, total balance reserves are 41.9 bln tons, and outbalance reserves are 17.3 bln tons [7]. The balance reserves, remained within mine fields of the closed mining enterprises, are more than 1.0 bln tons; they can hardly be extracted in full with the help of the current methods.…”

Prospects for the lithium deposits development in Ukraine

“…Ukraine has significant deposits of lithium, which are estimated at 500.000 tons (up to 10% of world reserves) [16] Such volumes of this critical raw material, in the future, allow creating a profitable branch of industry with income to the budgets of all levels. However, the process of lithium beneficiation raw materials [17] into marketable products is quite expensive, so Ukrainian private enterprises aim only to sell ore [18]. In this regard, Ukraine should adopt the experience of EU countries, which are trying to process raw materials to obtain products with added value [19].…”

Germanium resource provision from mineral deposits in Ukraine

“…In turn, the main source of germanium in Ukraine is the coal of Donbas and the Lviv-Volynsky Basin, with estimated reserves of 41,000 to 91,000 tons. [7,13], as well as Precambrian iron ores and ores of polymetallic and gold-polymetallic deposits, where it is found as a concomitant component [14]. Thus, the purpose of the research is to determine the distribution of germanium in the main mineral deposits in order to establish the resource potential of Ukraine.…”