AO "MC" Kuzbassrazrezugol "(an enterprise of the raw materials complex of UMMC) has completed the spring stage of biological reclamation of lands not involved in the production process. In 2021, the total planting area in the branches of the company will be more than 96 hectares. For these purposes, the Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company will allocate almost 10 million rubles. Another 8 million rubles have been allocated for the restoration of the Kuzbass forest fund.
During the spring stage of biological reclamation of lands left out of the production process, young pines were planted on an area of almost 51 hectares. In April-May, the planned planting volumes for the year at the Kedrovsky (12.7 ha), Mokhovsky (17.34 ha) and Kaltansky (10 ha) sections of the Kuzbassrazrezugol Management Company were fully completed. At the Taldinsky open-pit mine, the area of bioremediation was 10.73 hectares, another 25.4 hectares of land will be planted with conifers and shrubs at the enterprise in the fall. In the autumn stage of biological restoration of land, planting will also take place at the Krasnobrodsky (10.1 hectares) and Bachatsky (10 hectares) open-pit mines of the coal company.
Kuzbassrazrezugol is a conscientious subsoil user. A responsible approach to the reclamation of waste land and compensatory reforestation is the basis of the company's “green” policy, ”says Vitaly Latokhin, Deputy Director of JSC MC Kuzbassrazrezugol for ecology, industrial safety and land use.
In 2021, JSC Management Company Kuzbassrazrezugol also continued to participate in the program for the restoration of the Kuzbass forest fund. More than 260 thousand conifers on an area of 66 hectares have been planted this year in the Belovsky district of the Kemerovo region.