Approximately 100 deposits and occurrences of bentonites are known in Ukraine, the most significant deposits are in the Transcarpathian, Cherkasy, Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. However, most of the known deposits are not of industrial importance due to the small reserves of bentonites or the difficult mining and geological conditions of their occurrence.
Due to the fact that alkaline earth bentonites, which are not suitable for the production of iron ore pellets, are mostly common in Ukraine, a certain amount of alkaline bentonites is imported.
To increase the mineral and raw material base of bentonite clays, it is planned to conduct search, evaluation and exploration works in promising areas of the central and southern regions of Ukraine in order to identify and evaluate bentonite clay deposits.
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