The Kyiv region, locat­ed in the cen­tral part of Ukraine, is rich in var­i­ous min­er­al resources that are of great impor­tance for the devel­op­ment of both the region and the coun­try as a whole. These resources sup­port the needs of the ener­gy sec­tor, con­struc­tion, indus­try, and oth­er areas of the econ­o­my.

The ter­ri­to­ry of the Kyiv region lies with­in two major geo­log­i­cal struc­tur­al units: the Dnieper–Donets Basin and the Ukrain­ian Shield and its slopes. Most of the region is sit­u­at­ed with­in the north­east­ern slope of the Ukrain­ian Shield and the Dnieper–Donets Basin, where Pre­cam­bri­an crys­talline rocks are over­lain by a thick sequence of Pale­o­zoic, Meso­zoic, and Ceno­zoic sed­i­men­ta­ry rocks. A sig­nif­i­cant­ly small­er south­west­ern part of the region is occu­pied by the Ukrain­ian Shield. The east­ern slope of the Ukrain­ian Shield is char­ac­ter­ized by shal­low occur­rence of crys­talline rocks and a rel­a­tive­ly thin sed­i­men­ta­ry cov­er.

Accord­ing to the State Bal­ance of Min­er­al Reserves of Ukraine, about 230 deposits of sol­id min­er­als are record­ed with­in the Kyiv region, and more than 200 occur­rences have been iden­ti­fied. These deposits and occur­rences rep­re­sent 20 types of min­er­al resources.

Approx­i­mate­ly 69% of the min­er­al resource base of the Kyiv region con­sists of raw mate­ri­als for the pro­duc­tion of con­struc­tion mate­ri­als, about 13% are fuel and ener­gy resources (main­ly peat), while the rest include ores of rare met­als, as well as drink­ing, tech­ni­cal, and min­er­al waters.

The most devel­oped min­er­al resource base in the Kyiv region is con­struc­tion mate­ri­als. There are more than 180 deposits and 55 occur­rences of min­er­al resources used in con­struc­tion. Among them are:

• fac­ing stone (1 deposit, cur­rent­ly being devel­oped);
• build­ing stone, includ­ing gran­ite (23 deposits, 15 of which are under devel­op­ment);
• expand­ed clay raw mate­ri­als (3 deposits, not being devel­oped);
• con­struc­tion sands (46 deposits, 22 of which are under devel­op­ment);
• glass sands(3 deposits, none of which are cur­rent­ly being devel­oped).

Con­struc­tion sands ful­ly meet the needs of the Kyiv region and are also trans­port­ed to sev­er­al oth­er regions of Ukraine. They are used in the pro­duc­tion of sil­i­cate bricks, wall blocks, con­crete, and oth­er mate­ri­als.

In the region, 111 deposits of brick and tile raw mate­ri­als have been explored, but only a lit­tle over 10% are cur­rent­ly being devel­oped. This raw mate­r­i­al is used for brick pro­duc­tion to meet region­al demand. Var­ie­gat­ed clays have good ceram­ic prop­er­ties and are used for the pro­duc­tion of tiles, pot­tery, and ceram­ic tiles. The State Bal­ance of Min­er­al Reserves also records sev­er­al kaolin deposits — a valu­able clay mate­r­i­al used in the ceram­ic indus­try, as well as in the pro­duc­tion of paints and paper. Kaolin has a high white col­or qual­i­ty, mak­ing it a pop­u­lar mate­r­i­al in ceram­ics and coat­ings.

Among com­bustible min­er­al resources, deposits of peat, hard coal, and brown coal are known. In the Kyiv region, 27 peat deposits with total reserves of about 107,000 thou­sand tons have been explored, but only 3 are cur­rent­ly being devel­oped. Depend­ing on the size of the deposits, peat is used either as fer­til­iz­er or as fuel. Coal is one of the main ener­gy sources for pow­er plants and is also used for heat pro­duc­tion. Coal mines in the region pro­vide jobs for the local pop­u­la­tion and con­tribute to the eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment of the area.

In the north­ern part of the Kyiv region (Ivankiv and Vysh­horod dis­tricts), two sapro­pel deposits (Val­o­vo and Svi­ate) with total reserves of 1.29 mil­lion tons have been iden­ti­fied, but their extrac­tion is cur­rent­ly not car­ried out. Sapro­pel is a valu­able nat­ur­al organ­ic resource with wide poten­tial appli­ca­tions in agri­cul­ture (fer­til­iz­ers, vit­a­min-min­er­al feed sup­ple­ments), med­i­cine, and as chem­i­cal raw mate­r­i­al.

The Kyiv region is also rich in lime­stone deposits, which are used in con­struc­tion, cement and glass pro­duc­tion, fer­til­iz­ers, and oth­er indus­tri­al prod­ucts. Lime­stone is an impor­tant mate­r­i­al for con­struc­tion and infra­struc­ture projects, sup­port­ing the devel­op­ment of the build­ing sec­tor and pro­vid­ing jobs for the local pop­u­la­tion.

In addi­tion to deposits, more than 200 occur­rences of sol­id min­er­al resources have been iden­ti­fied in the Kyiv region. These are rep­re­sent­ed by 15 types of min­er­als, includ­ing phos­pho­rites, rare met­als, amber, and even dia­monds. Due to insuf­fi­cient geo­log­i­cal study or eco­nom­ic imprac­ti­cal­i­ty, these occur­rences are not cur­rent­ly being devel­oped.

Thus, the Kyiv region has prospects for expand­ing its min­er­al resource base and the poten­tial to meet the needs of the econ­o­my using its own min­er­al resources.

The Insti­tute of Geol­o­gy pro­vides high-lev­el exper­tise in geol­o­gy, hydro­ge­ol­o­gy, geo­chem­istry, geo­physics, and oth­er nat­ur­al sci­ences. We also offer com­pre­hen­sive solu­tions for sub­soil users.

If you are inter­est­ed, we can iden­ti­fy a suit­able sub­soil area for the extrac­tion of a select­ed min­er­al in the Kyiv region or any­where in Ukraine. We also assist with obtain­ing a spe­cial per­mit and help pre­pare all the nec­es­sary doc­u­men­ta­tion to start extrac­tion. Con­tact us — we are always avail­able!