Natural Resources The extraction of energy and non-energy materials in Rivne region might be a future business area for foreign investors due to the considerable volume of high quality natural resources.
More than 600 deposits of 18 types of minerals can be found in the region.
- the only deposits of amber in Ukraine
- unique beds of basalt
- reserves of peat - 180 million tons or 18% of all deposits in Ukraine
- deposits of tuff - 60 million tons
- beds of granular phosphorites – 81,1 thousand tons
- deposits of granites, diorites, gabbro
- forest resources are among the largest among the regions of Ukraine – 112,8 million cubic metres
- considerable resources of underground fresh and mineral waters
- perspective deposits of native copper
Fast growth in industrial and private construction, as well as road building, are the main drivers of prospective sector development. |
