Table 2.—U.S.S.R.: Reported Soviet 
mineral reserves in place in the A+B+C1 
categories 
(Thousand metric tons unless otherwise noted) 
966 
MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-79 
 
 A summary of reported Soviet reserves in place in categories A+B+C1 is given
in table 2. 
 
Commodity 
A+B+Ci 
METALS 
 
Ironore,38%iron                   
Manganeseore, 23% to 26% Mn         
NONMETALS 
60,200,000 
250,000 
Cement - -Phosphate rock: 
Apatite, 16% P205                Sedimentary rock, 13% P205          
Potash, K20 content                  
27,720,000 
 
2,750,000 
2,700,000 
3,800,000 
MINERAL FUELS 
 
Coal: Bituminous and anthracite         
Lignite andbrown coal                
Gas, natural (million cubic meters)       
Peat                             
Oil shale_ -                        
Petroleum_                        
230,000,000 
190,000,000 
29,000,000 
39,000,000 
163,200,000 
12,900,000 
 Construction.—The U.S.S.R. continues to experience difficulties
completing
mineral industry projects on schedule because of shortages ~f material, equipment,
and labor, and organizational problems. Construction of new projects has
remained slow and expensive with the work taking two to three times as long
as specified by the State Construction Committee. The 10- to 15-year period
required to develop a mine with a capacity of 1 to 2 million tons per year

contributed to disparities between the capacities of mines, mills, and metallurgical
plants. According to the plan, the renovation time of coal mines with an
annual capacity of up to 3 million tons of raw coal is 5 to 9 years. In fact,
it takes almost three times as long. For example, the renovation of the Taybinskaya
mine in the Kuznetsk Basin should have been completed in 1975, producing
2.4 million tons of raw coal per year. However, the completion of renovation
has been postponed to 1981. By this time, the lower seam of coal at this
mine will be mined out completely. Thereby, attainment of the planned capacity
of renovated mine is ruled out.2° 
 The number of uncompleted projects in the construction industry has risen
considerably in the last 10 years. In 1965, only 1.7% of the total planned
construction projects were not completed, but in 1975 the figure had risen
to 40.8%. The total volume of unfinished construction at the beginning of
1979 reached 85% of the annual level of capital investment instead of the
65% average according to established standards. An All-Union U.S.S.R. Ministry
of Construction for the Soviet Far East and the Baykal Area was established
in November 1979. Several large industrial complexes mining coal and ore,
smelting metal, and processing timber are to be located there. 
 Additional new and renovated production facilities are given in table 3.

 
Table 3.—U.S.S.R.—Capacity of new and renovated production
facilities

(Million ton unless otherwise noted) 
Commodity 
1976 
1977 
1978 
Planned 
Completed 
 
1979 
 
Planned 
Completed 
Iron ore, crude — — — Coal and lignite, raw
         
45.0 
 
12.6 
14.1 
 
17.4 
38.4 
 
26.6 
 
19.8 
 
26.0 
NA 
 
30.0 
NA 
 
19.3 
Pig iron — -     Steel, raw - - - - - - 
2.25 
1.2 
0.6 
6.0 
2.4 
3.6 
 
2.2 
2.9 
NA NA 
NA NA 
Mineral fertilizer 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Soviet standard) 
7.3 
4.0 
17.0 
 
3.0 
NA 
15.8 
Cement —-    
1.85 
4.2 
NA 
 
4.1 
21.0 
NA 
Power plant, million kilowatts — — 
11.9 
10.0 
11.9 
 
8.3 
12.3 
10.9 
NA Not available.