As of 01.01.2023, there are 46 deposits of glass raw materials in Ukraine (of which: 17 deposits are in industrial development, 3 deposits that have been geologically studied at a level sufficient to justify the construction projects of mining enterprises and 26 deposits that are not developed and are subject to additional geological study with the aim of preparing them for industrial development).

The total balance stocks of glass raw materials (cat. A+B+C1) in 2022 amounted to 242.99 million tons, which is 0.24% less than in 2021.

In 2022 on the territory of Ukraine the largest quantities of quartz sand reserves are located in Kharkiv (93.63 million tons or 38.53% of the total balance reserves of glass raw materials), Lviv (29.65 million tons or 12.20%) and Donetsk (27.77 million tons or 11.43%) regions. In addition, there are deposits of liparite with balance reserves of 20.73 million tons or 8.53% of the total balance reserves of glass raw materials within the Zakarpattia region.

Quartz sand is a raw material used for the production of glass and is common in almost all regions of Ukraine. According to the Geoinform of Ukraine DNVP, there are 42 deposits of quartz sand in Ukraine. As of 01.01.2021, the total balance reserves of quartz sand in Ukraine amounted to 240.57 million tons. Deposits of quartz sand are concentrated throughout the territory of Ukraine, however, the largest reserves of quartz sand are located in the Kharkiv region - 39.17% of the total volume.

According to the data of the Geoinform Ukraine State Enterprise, in 2020 Ukraine accounted for 42 deposits of quartz sand.

As of 01/01/2021, the total balance reserves of quartz sand in Ukraine amounted to 240.57 million tons. Deposits of quartz sand are concentrated throughout Ukraine, but the largest reserves of quartz sand are located in the Kharkiv region - 39.17% of the total volume.

In 2019, the state balance sheet of mineral reserves of Ukraine accounted for 40 deposits of quartz sand. According to the data of the Geoinform Ukrainy State Enterprise, as of January 1, 2020, the total balance reserves (categories A+B+C1) of quartz sand in Ukraine amounted to 242.02 million tons. In terms of administrative regions, the largest reserves of quartz sand are concentrated in Kharkiv and Lviv regions - 39.05% and 12.69% of the total volume, respectively. Significant amounts of quartz sand reserves are also located in Donetsk (11.48%), Zaporizhzhia (10.06%) and Chernihiv (7.87%) regions. Other regions are characterized by insignificant reserves of quartz sand.

In 2018, the state balance of mineral reserves accounted for 40 deposits of quartz sand. According to the DNVP "Geoinform of Ukraine", the total balance reserves of quartz sand in Ukraine amounted to 222,343.40 thousand tons as of January 1, 2019. In terms of administrative regions, the largest share of reserves is concentrated in the Kharkiv region - 94,733.50 thousand tons, or 42.61% of the total volume. The second and third places were occupied by the Lviv and Donetsk regions, on whose territory 13.88% and 12.49% of the total volume of quartz sand reserves were located, respectively.

In connection with the imposition of martial law on the territory of Ukraine, expenditures under the budget program 2704020 "Development of the mineral and raw material base", which provided for the financing of the geological study of the subsoil, as well as the conduct of search and exploration works (including non-metallic minerals), were redirected to the reserve fund of the state budget. Due to the lack of funding, geological exploration work on deposits of quartz sand and liparite was not carried out in 2022.

Taking into account the above information, as of 2022, no new deposits of glass raw materials were discovered in Ukraine, however, according to the data of DNVP "Geoinform of Ukraine", received in response to the request of the Independent Administrator for the purposes of preparing the Report IPVG for 2022, geological exploration work continues in the deposits of Kyiv (Rozhnianske deposit) and Mykolaiv (Vesnianske, Kryvobalkivske deposits) regions.

According to the data of Geoinform of Ukraine, in 2020, no significant geological exploration work was carried out on quartz sand deposits.

During 2018, Sand Industry LLC a preliminary geological and economic assessment of the "Vershina" quartz sand deposit, located in the Horodnya district of the Chernihiv region, was carried out. The evaluation was carried out according to the company's own technical task and was performed in accordance with the requirements of the current state standard DSTU B V.2.7 - 131:2007 "Quartz sand. Technical conditions". According to the results of the work, reserves of category C2 quartz sand in the amount of 23,083 thousand tons were tested by the State Commission of Ukraine for Mineral Reserves.

In 2022, quartz sand was mined by 11 companies at 15 deposits. The main mining enterprises by the volume of quartz sand extraction in 2022 were PJSC "Novoseliv Mining and Processing Plant", LLC "Trading and Mining Company "Lviv Glass Plant" and LLC "Papernyansky Quarry of Glass Sands". The volume of quartz sand extraction by these enterprises is 458.11 thousand tons or 68.54% of the total volume of quartz sand extraction. The total amount of quartz sand extracted from the deposits of Ukraine as of 2022 decreased by 63.06% compared to 2021 — from 1,809.25 thousand tons to 668.42 thousand tons. The main reason for the decrease in the amount of extraction was the reduction and/or stoppage of production due to the full-scale invasion of Russia into Ukraine.

In general, according to the results of 2022, a reduction in the volume of quartz sand extraction was observed. Kharkiv Oblast produced 200.90 thousand tons or 30.06% of total production, Lviv Oblast — 237.52 thousand tons (35.53%) and Chernihiv Oblast — 117.21 thousand tons (17.54%). The most significant drop in the production of quartz sand was in the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions - by 100.00% and 96.51%, respectively.

In addition, during 2022, 57.30 thousand tons were mined within the boundaries of the Mykolaiv region of "Vesnyanski Pisky" LLC at the Vesnyanskoye deposit or 8.57% of the total volume of production in 2022, and LLC "Kryvobalkivski piski" at the Kryvobalkivske field produced 6.27 thousand tons (0.94%), and in the Kyiv region LLC "Desna s Kontrakt" produced 21.23 thousand tons (3.18%). at the level of 2022, provision of current supplies of glass raw materials will be 364 years.

The volume of quartz sand extraction in Ukraine during 2020 increased by 32.99% compared to the previous year. Lviv Oblast became the leader in the extraction of quartz sand in the reporting year (26.47% of the total volume). Stable high rates of extraction were observed in the Kherson, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions.

Private companies involved in the extraction of quartz sand in 2020 were: PJSC "Novoseliv Mining and Processing Plant"; "Bronytskyi Sklazavod" LLC; PJSC "Maryanivskyi Glass Plant"; "Kaolin Azov" LLC; TDV "Rohatynpisok"; LLC "Agro-industrial enterprise "Lvivske"; OJSC "Lviv Mechsklazavod"; PJSC "Rokytniv glass plant"; "Georesursy" LLC; LLC "Paperniansky Quarry of Glass Sands" and others.

Volumes of quartz sand extraction in Ukraine during 2019 increased by 7.42% compared to the previous year and amounted to 1,069.07 thousand tons. Medium administrative regions, the leader in the 2019 reporting period was the Kherson region, where the volume of quartz sand extraction was 288.51 thousand tons, or 26.99% of the total volume. The second and third places were Chernihiv and Kharkiv regions, which accounted for 26.29% and 23.88% of the total volume, respectively. A significant change in 2019 was the resumption of quartz sand extraction in the Lviv (159.50 thousand tons) and Ivano-Frankivsk (2.40 thousand tons) regions. production by 11.54% compared to the previous year - from 1125.05 thousand tons to 995.25 thousand tons, according to the information of DNVP "Geoinform of Ukraine". The most significant drop was in the Kherson region - by 38.38%. At that time, in Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia regions, the volume of quartz sand extraction increased by 9.10% and 56.00%, respectively. If the current rates of extraction are maintained, the supply of balance reserves of quartz sand will be 223 years.

According to the data of the State Statistics Service, during 2022, in the category of types of economic activity "Extraction of stone, sand and clay" (code KVED-2010 В08.1), which includes the industry of quartz sand extraction, products with a total value of UAH 11,666.30 million were sold. The total value of the products sold for this type of activity decreased by 3 times compared to 2021 (35,314.80 million UAH). There are no disaggregated data on the individual cost of quartz sand mining products in public sources.

According to the data of the State Statistics Service, the generalized category of types of economic activity "Extraction of other minerals and development of quarries" (code KVED-2010 - В08) sold products with a total value of UAH 27,278.5 million in 2020. Of them, the realization of the products of the stone, sand and clay mining industry (code KVED-2010 - В08.1), which includes the quartz sand mining industry, in 2020 amounted to UAH 26,303.5 million. the administrator prepared a request to the State Statistics Service. In response to a request from the State Statistics Service, data on the volume of sold products (goods and services) according to the Nomenclature of Industrial Products (NPP) were received. According to these data, the generalized product name category under the NPP "Siliceous and quartz sands" (Product code under the NPP - 08.12.11.50), which includes quartz sand, sold products with a total value of UAH 495.94 million in 2020.

In 2019, disaggregated data on the value of products of the quartz start mining industry are not publicly available, the Independent Administrator prepared a request to the State Statistics Service. In response to a request from the State Statistics Service, data was received on the volume of sales (goods and services) in 2019 by types of economic activity according to KVED-2010. According to these data, the generalized category of types of economic activity "Extraction of other minerals and development of quarries" (code KVED-2010 - В08) sold products with a total value of UAH 28,347.48 million in 2019. Of them, the realization of the production of decorative and construction stone, limestone, gypsum, chalk and clay slate (code KVED-2010 - В08.11), which includes the construction stone industry, amounted to UAH 5,470.71 million in 2019.

In 2018, there are no disaggregated data on the cost of quartz sand mining products in public sources of information. The closest freely available information about the value of products in the field of quartz sand mining is the indicator of the value of the production of goods and services of the type of economic activity "Extraction of metal ores, other minerals and the development of quarries, as well as the provision of auxiliary services in the field of extractive industry and development of quarries" (code KVED-2010 - В07-В09), which amounted to UAH 212,751 million. To obtain detailed information, the Independent Administrator has prepared a request to the State Statistics Service. In response to the request, data was received on the cost of sales by types of economic activity according to KVED-2010. According to these data, the type of economic activity "Extraction of other minerals and development of quarries" (code KVED-2010 - В08) during 2018 sold products with a total value of UAH 27,943.81 million. In 2018, the cost of sales of products of the industry "Extraction of sand, gravel, clay and kaolin" (code KVED-2010 - В08.12), which includes the industry of quartz sand extraction, amounted to UAH 21,157.15 million.

According to the Ukrainian classification of goods of foreign economic activity (UKTZED), the separation of the category of goods for the field of quartz sand extraction is not foreseen. According to the DMS data, quartz sands are included in the UKTZED group 2505100000 - silica sands and quartz sands.

In 2022, the export of silica sands and quartz sands amounted to 28.60 thousand tons for a total amount of 0.98 million dollars. USA. Most of the raw materials were exported to Russia (91.81% of the total volume of exports).

Imports of silica sand and quartz sand amounted to 2.04 thousand tons worth 0.52 million dollars. USA. The largest volume of raw materials was imported from Poland (19.02%) and in general from EU countries (75.76%).

There is no information on the export and import of a separate category of quartz sand in open sources. This is explained by the fact that in the Ukrainian classification of goods of foreign economic activity (UKTZED), which is used to record data on exports and imports, there is no separate category for the products of the quartz sand mining industry.