BAST intends to increase copper-nickel ore processing capacities at the Maksut deposits 3.5-fold, to 1.4 million tons per year.
Additional capacities of 1 million tons will be constructed in 2019.
BAST is negotiating the cooperation with a major trading company, specializing in metals. Their investments could amount to $8-10 million.
This year BAST will process 430 thousand tons of ore and get the revenue of some 3 billion tenge ($9.2 million) and EBITDA of 745 million tenge ($2.3 million).
C1+C2 reserves at Maksut are estimated at 104 thousand tons of copper with the average content of 0.43% and 83 thousand tons of nickel (0.35%). (Ukrainian metal)