Siberian Anthracite Siberian Anthracite Siberian Anthracite () is Russia's largest producer of ultra high grade anthracite. The company, which has its headquarters in Novosibirsk region, produces anthracite from open-strip mines in the Gorlovsky Coal Basin of Western Siberia, where its reserves are estimated over 351 Mt under JORC as of 1, April 2013. Siberian Anthracite's production assets are located in the Iskitim district of Novosibirsk oblast. The company's assets include five coal reserves, two processing facilities and a fleet of transport and other equipment. It is the largest coal company in Novosibirsk region, with more than 2,200 employees. In 2006, the company
Anthracite times been futile, and several such combustion areas exist today. The existence of an underground combustion site can sometimes be identified in the winter where fallen snow is seen to be melted by the warmth conducted from below. Proposals for harnessing this heat as geothermal energy have not been successful. A vein of anthracite that caught fire in Centralia, Pennsylvania in 1962 has been burning ever since, turning the once-thriving borough into a ghost town. Among current producers, Russia, China and Ukraine have the largest estimated recoverable reserves of anthracite. Other countries with substantial reserves include Vietnam and North Korea.