Editing Kemerovo Oblast (section)

==Economy==

The northern area of the region is more agricultural. The region has a dense railway network, including the [[Trans-Siberian Railway]], which passes through the oblast. Novokuznetsk is the center of the engineering industry.

Kemerovo Oblast is one of Russia's most important industrial regions, with some of the world's largest deposits of coal. The south of the region is dominated by [[metallurgy]] and the [[mining]] industry, as well as [[mechanical engineering]] and chemical production.

The [[Evraz Group]] and an ore subsidiary Evrazruda operate [[iron ore]] mining and processing facilities along with the [[Raspadskaya coal mine|Raspadskaya]], Yuzhkuzbassugol, the Siberian holding company [[SIBPLAZ]]. Coal and [[coke (fuel)|coking coal]] mines are located there. Prokopevsk, Kiselevsk, and Andzhero-Sudzhensk are coal-producing centers.
The [[Zhernovskoye coal mine]] has reserves amounting to 163 million tonnes of coking coal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ara2010.nlmk.com/performance_review/coke_coal.html |title=Zhernovskoye Coal Mine |year=2013 |publisher=nlmk.com |access-date=2013-07-07}}</ref> In November 2021, the [[Listvyazhnaya mine disaster]] took place, in which many people were trapped.