RAW MATERIALS RESOURCES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BROWN-COAL WAX.

Material is presented which characterizes the bituminous brown coals as a raw materials basis for the production of brown-coal wax. Possible regions and methods of organizing the industrial production of crude brown coal wax are suggested. It is pointed out that with the exception of the deposits of the Dneprovskii basin, at the present time there are no accurate estimates of the resources of bituminous coals in USSR, the areas with a distribution of highly bituminous coals have not been outlined, the reserves have not been calculated, no conditions have been set for the quality of brown coals as a raw material for the industrial production of montan wax, and there is no standard method for testing coals for their bitumen content in prospecting operations and in calculating reserves.